An evaluation of the use of the LSU rRNA D1-D5 domain for DNA-based taxonomy of eukaryotic protists

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-352

  Wylezich, Claudia ^a   Nies, Georg ^a,c   Mylnikov, Alexander P ^b   Tautz, Diethard ^a,d   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

D1 D5 domain of LSU rRNA; DNA taxonomy; Eukaryotes; Groundwater; Heterotrophic flagellates; Protists; Ribosomal genes

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

CLASSIFICATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERCOMONAS; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 77954864263     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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