A new flagship peritrich (Ciliophora, Peritrichida) from the River Rhine, Germany: Apocarchesium arndti n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-264

  Norf, Helge ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Colonial peritrichs; Molecular phylogeny; Myoneme system

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CILIATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NUCLEIC ACID; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GERMANY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS;

GERMANY; RHINE RIVER;

CARCHESIUM; CILIOPHORA; PENICULUS; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); SCOPULA; VORTICELLA;

EID: 77951574917     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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