Agolohymena aspidocauda nov. gen., nov. spec., a histophagous freshwater tetrahymenid ciliate in the family Deltopylidae (Ciliophora, Hymenostomatia), from Idaho (northwest U.S.A.): Morphology, ontogenesis and molecular phylogeny

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-242

  Bourland, William A ^a   Strüder Kypke, Michaela C ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caudal cilia; Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene; Deltopylum; Histophagy; Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene; Tetrahymenidae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FRESH WATER; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; IDAHO; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRAHYMENINA;

CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM; DEXIOSTOMA; EUKARYOTA; GLAUCOMA (CILIATE); HYMENOSTOMATIA; LAMBORNELLA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENIDAE;

EID: 77954309330     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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