Morphology, ultrastructure, and small subunit rDNA phylogeny of the marine heterotrophic flagellate goniomonas aff. amphinema

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-170

  Martin Cereceda, Mercedes ^a   Roberts, Emily C ^b   Wootton, Emma C ^b   Bonaccorso, Elisa ^c   Dyal, Patricia ^a   Guinea, Almudena ^d   Rogers, Dale ^b   Wright, Chris J ^b,d   Novarino, Gianfranco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytopharynx; Ejectisome secretions; FITC labelled lectins; Genetic diversity; Goniomonas; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; ALGAL RNA; LECTIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ALGA; DIVERGENCE; DNA; FEEDING; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC VARIATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOPHYTA; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENES, RRNA; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, ALGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WALES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

NORTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

AMPHINEMA; GONIOMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77952601414     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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