Trichopodiella faurei n. sp. (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Cyrtophoria): morphological description and phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rRNA and group I intron sequences

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 492-500

  Gong, Jun ^a,b   Gao, Shan ^c   Roberts, David McL ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Song, Weibo ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Chonotrichia; Dysteriida; Hartmannulidae; Infraciliature; Marine ciliate

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BODY SHAPE; DRUG; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ACINETA (CILIOPHORA); CHONOTRICHIA; CILIOPHORA; DYSTERIIDA; HARTMANNULIDAE; ISOCHONA; PHYLLOPHARYNGEA; SUCTORIA; TOKOPHRYA LEMNARUM;

EID: 57749179710     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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