Ultrastructure and Molecular Phylogeny of two Heterolobosean Amoebae, Euplaesiobystra hypersalinica gen. et sp. nov. and Tulamoeba peronaphora gen. et sp. nov., Isolated from an Extremely Hypersaline Habitat

Protist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-283

  Park, Jong Soo ^a   Simpson, Alastair G B ^a   Brown, Susan ^b   Cho, Byung Cheol ^c  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b Dorchester   (United Kingdom)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

amoeba; cyst; halophile; Heterolobosea; molecular phylogeny; protozoa

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AMOEBA (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HETERAMOEBA CLARA; HETEROLOBOSEA; LIMAX; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; PLAESIOBYSTRA HYPERSALINICA; PLEUROSTOMUM; PROTOZOA; WILLAERTIA;

EID: 64049111580     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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