Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of two marine Euplotes species, E. orientalis spec. nov. and E. raikovi Agamaliev, 1966 (Ciliophora, Euplotida)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-132

  Jiang, Jiamei ^a   Zhang, Qianqian ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^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

Euplotids; Marine ciliates; Molecular systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUPLOTES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUPLOTES; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES NOBILII; EUPLOTES PLICATUM; EUPLOTES RAIKOVI; EUPLOTIDA;

EID: 77950630232     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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