Description of a new planktonic mixotrophic dinoflagellate paragymnodinium shiwhaense n. gen., n. sp. from the coastal waters off western Korea: Morphology, pigments, and ribosomal DNA gene sequence

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-144

  Kang, Nam Seon ^a   Jeong, Hae Jin ^a   Moestrup, Øjvind ^b   Shin, Woongghi ^c   Nam, Seung Won ^c   Park, Jae Yeon ^d   De Salas, Miguel F ^e   Kim, Ki Woo ^a   Noh, Jae Hoon ^f  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^f Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate taxonomy; LSU; Nematocyst; Peduncle; SSU

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S; SEA WATER;

CHLOROPLAST; COASTAL WATER; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MIXOTROPHY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PIGMENT; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHLOROPLASTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

KOREA;

AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM AUREOLUM; GYMNODINIUM CATENATUM; GYMNODINIUM NOLLERI; LEPIDODINIUM; LEPIDODINIUM VIRIDE; NEMATODINIUM; POLYKRIKOS; WARNOWIA;

EID: 77952594850     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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