Spirotontonia taiwanica n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligotrichida) from the coastal waters of Northeastern Taiwan: Morphology and nuclear small subunit rDNA sequence

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Tsai, Sheng Fang ^a   Chen, Jun Yu ^a   Chiang, Kuo Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ciliary pattern; marine ciliate; sequence; Spirotontonia taiwanica; Tontoniidae

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

CILIATE; COASTAL WATER; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOLATION EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; TAIWAN;

CELL SIZE; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEAWATER; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

CILIOPHORA; OLIGOTRICHIA; SPIROTONTONIA;

EID: 77956111262     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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