Description of Paratetrahymena parawassi n. sp. using morphological and molecular evidence and a phylogenetic analysis of paratetrahymena and other taxonomically ambiguous genera in the order loxocephalida (ciliophora, oligohymenophorea)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 483-493

  Zhang, Qianqian ^a   Fan, Xinpeng ^a   Clamp, John C ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiostomatella; Cyclidium; Dexiotrichides; Hymenostomatia; phylogeny; small subunit rRNA; Urocentrum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CARDIOSTOMATELLA; CILIOPHORA; CYCLIDIUM; CYCLIDIUM PORCATUM; DEXITRICHIDES PANGI; HYMENOSTOMATIA; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; LOXOCEPHALIDAE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARATETRAHYMENA; PENICULIA; PENICULIDA; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); PLEURONEMATIDA; SATHROPHILUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA; UROCENTRUM;

EID: 78449296057     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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