Cell morphology and formal description of Ergobibamus cyprinoides n. g., n. sp., another Carpediemonas-like relative of diplomonads

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 520-528

  Park, Jong Soo ^a   Kolisko, Martin ^a   Simpson, Alastair G B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; basal eukaryote; diplomonad; excavate; Giardia; hydrogenosome; microaerophile; protist; protozoa; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

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

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FLAGELLATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIPLOMONADIDA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIPLOMONADIDA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CARPEDIEMONAS; DIPLOMONADIDA; DIPLOMONADIDA GROUP; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RETORTAMONADIDAE;

EID: 78449279465     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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