Facing Unknowns: Living cultures (Pirum gemmata gen. nov., sp. nov., and Abeoforma whisleri, gen. nov., sp. nov.) from invertebrate digestive tracts represent an undescribed clade within the unicellular opisthokont lineage ichthyosporea (Mesomycetozoea)

Protist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-57

  Marshall, Wyth L ^a   Berbee, Mary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Ichthyosporea; Membrane bound tubules; Mesomycetozoa; Novel lineage; Opisthokont.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICHTHYOSPOREA; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MESOMYCETOZOEA; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

AMOEBA (GENUS); CHOANOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GEMMATA; ICHTHYOSPOREA; INVERTEBRATA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 78650417950     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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