Parastrombidinopsis minima n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligotrichia) from the coastal waters of northeastern Taiwan: Morphology and small subunit ribosomal DNA sequence

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-573

  Tsai, Sheng Fang ^a   Xu, Dapeng ^b   Chung, Chih Ching ^a   Chiang, Kuo Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ciliary pattern; Protozoa; Strombidinopsidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

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

COASTAL WATER; DNA; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER; TAIWAN;

CILIOPHORA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PARASTROMBIDINOPSIS; PROTOZOA; STROBILIDIIDAE; STROMBIDINOPSIDAE; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 57749205913     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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