Application of combined morphological-molecular approaches to the identification of planktonic protists from environmental samples

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-312

  Duff, Robert Joel ^a   Ball, Hope ^a   Lavrentyev, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Flagellates; Morphology; rDNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; DNA; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PROTIST; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OHIO; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 46749158747     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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