A new genus of marine scuticociliate (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Northern China, with a brief note on its phylogenetic position inferred from small subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 577-582

  Fan, Xinpeng ^a   Miao, Miao ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^b   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; New genus; New species; SSU rDNA sequence

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

CILIATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOTYPE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CILIOPHORA; CYCLIDIIDAE; EUKARYOTA; PLEURONEMATIDA; PROTOZOA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 70350501155     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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