Phylogenetic Affiliations of Mesopelagic Acantharia and Acantharian-like Environmental 18S rRNA Genes off the Southern California Coast

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-211

  Gilg, Ilana C ^a   Amaral Zettler, Linda A ^b   Countway, Peter D ^a   Moorthi, Stefanie ^c   Schnetzer, Astrid ^a   Caron, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA phylogeny; Acantharea; CARD FISH; deep sea protist; novel protistan lineage; sarcodine

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHIZARIA; RNA GENE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHIZARIA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHAREA; CHAUNACANTHIDA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77249106976     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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