Description of the rare marine ciliate, Uronychia multicirrus song, 1997 (Ciliophora; Euplotida) based on Morphology, Morphogenesis and SS rRNA Gene Sequence

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-304

  Shen, Zhuo ^a   Shao, Chen ^b   Gao, Shan ^b   Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Li, Jiqiu ^b   Hu, Xiaozhong ^b   Song, Weibo ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; South China Sea; Uronychia binuleata; Uronychia setigera; Uronychia transfuga

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

CILIATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RARE SPECIES; RNA; SEGMENTATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASIA; CHINA; DAYA BAY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDA; URONYCHIA; URONYCHIA SETIGERA; URONYCHIA TRANSFUGA;

EID: 65849265270     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00409.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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