Identification of amoebae implicated in the life cycle of Pfiesteria and Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 542-552

  Peglar, Michael T ^d   Nerad, Thomas A ^a,b   Anderson, O Roger ^c   Gillevet, Patrick M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal; Diprotist; Monoprotist; Monoxenic; SEM; SSU rRNA gene phylogeny; TEM

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY;

DINOPHYCEAE; KOROTNEVELLA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA-LIKE DINOFLAGELLATE;

EID: 5344251019     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00290.x     Document Type: Article

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