Morphological and molecular characterization of a new protist family, Sandmanniellidae n. fam. (Ciliophora, Colpodea), with description of Sandmanniella terricola n. g., n. sp. from the chobe floodplain in Botswana

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 472-483

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Nassulid ciliates; Phylogeny; R strategy; Resting cyst; Soil ciliates

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; FLOODPLAIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; COLPODIDA; COLPODIDAE; EUKARYOTA; NASSULIDA; PROTISTA; TERRICOLA;

EID: 69949102037     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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