Morphology and small subunit rDNA gene sequence of Pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Urostylida) from the South China Sea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 510-514

  Shen, Zhuo ^a   Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Long, Hongan ^b   Miao, Miao ^c   Liu, Hongbin ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Song, Weibo ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hypotrich; Marine ciliate; New species; Pseudoamphisiellidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

DNA; GENE; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY;

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

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

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALVEOLATA; CILIOPHORA; PSEUDOAMPHISIELLA; PSEUDOAMPHISIELLA LACAZEI;

EID: 57749194868     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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