A redescription of the marine hypotrichous ciliate, Nothoholosticha fasciola (Kahl, 1932) nov. gen., nov. comb. (Ciliophora: Urostylida) with brief notes on its cellular reorganization and SS rRNA gene sequence

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-248

  Li, Liqiong ^a   Zhang, Qianqian ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Al Khedheiry, Abdulaziz A ^c   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; Morphology; Nothoholosticha fasciola nov. gen., nov. comb.; Nothoholosticha longissima nov. comb.; Pseudokeronopsis antarctica nov. comb.

Indexed keywords

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

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

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

ANTEHOLOSTICHA; CILIOPHORA; FASCIOLA; HOLOSTICHA; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS;

EID: 67449119221     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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