Does Kiitricha (Protista, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) belong to Euplotida or represent a primordial spirotrichous taxon? With suggestion to establish a new subclass Protohypotrichia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Li, Lifang ^a,b   Shao, Chen ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Lynn, Denis H ^c   Chen, Zigui ^a   Shin, Mann Kyoon ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHOREOTRICHIA; CILIATE; EUPLOTIDA; HYPOTRICHIA; KIITRICHA; KIITRICHA MARINA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOTRICHIA; PHACONIDIIDIA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOHYPOTRICHIA; RNA SEQUENCE; STICHOTRICHIA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHOREOTRICHIA; CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDA; HETEROTRICHIDA; HYPOTRICHIA; KIITRICHA; KIITRICHA MARINA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PHACODINIUM; PROTISTA; SPIROTRICHEA; STICHOTRICHIA;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

EID: 63449090063     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65801-0     Document Type: Article

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