A daphnia parasite (Caullerya mesnili) constitutes a new member of the ichthyosporea, a group of protists near the animal-fungi divergence

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-336

  Lohr, Jennifer N ^a   Laforsch, Christian ^a   Koerner, Henrike ^a,b   Wolinska, Justyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal metazoan; host parasite; Ichthyophonida; opisthokont; small subunit ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; CRUSTACEAN; DIVERGENCE; ENDOPARASITE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PROTIST; SELECTION; SPORE; TAXONOMY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAPHNIA; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ICHTHYOSPOREA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULLERYA MESNILI; DAPHNIA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; HAPLOSPORIDIA; ICHTHYOPHONIDA; ICHTHYOSPOREA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77954594162     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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