Phylogenetic Position and Morphology of Spirotrichosomidae (Parabasalia): New Evidence from Leptospironympha of Cryptocercus punctulatus

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-132

  Carpenter, Kevin J ^a   Horak, Ales ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bacterial symbionts; Cryptocercus punctulatus; Leptospironympha; Parabasalia; phylogeny; Spirotrichosomidae

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCKROACH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABASALIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCKROACHES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARABASALIDEA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; CRYPTOCERCUS PUNCTULATUS; HEXAPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARABASALIDEA; TERANYMPHIDAE; TRICHONYMPHIDA;

EID: 72449122304     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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