Phylogeny of six genera of the subclass haptoria (Ciliophora, Litostomatea) inferred from sequences of the gene coding for small subunit ribosomal RNA

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 562-566

  Gao, Shan ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Ma, Hongwei ^b   Clamp, John C ^c   Yi, Zhenzhen ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Chen, Zigui ^a   Lin, Xiaofeng ^e  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Haptorida; Loxophyllum; Pleurostomatida; Siroloxophyllum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

GENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMPHILEPTUS; CHAENEA; CHAENEA TERES; CHAENEA VORAX; CILIOPHORA; HAPTORIA; HAPTORIDA; LACRYMARIA (CILIATE); LITONOTUS; LITONOTUS PARACYGNUS; LITOSTOMATEA; LOXOPHYLLUM; LOXOPHYLLUM ROSTRATUM; LOXOPHYLLUM UTRICULARIAE; PHIALINA; PLEUROSTOMATIDA;

EID: 57749190542     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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