Barcoding Tetrahymena: Discriminating species and identifying unknowns using the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox-1) barcode

Protist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-13

  Kher, Chandni P ^a   Doerder, F Paul ^b   Cooper, Jason ^c   Ikonomi, Pranvera ^c   Achilles Day, Undine ^d   Küpper, Frithjof C ^d   Lynn, Denis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Molecular Authentication Resource Center   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barcode; Ciliate; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox 1); DNA barcoding; Species identification; Tetrahymena.

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TETRAHYMENA;

DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYMENA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA CANADENSIS; TETRAHYMENA HEGEWISHII; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENA ROSTRATA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TETRAHYMENA TROPICALIS;

EID: 78650419339     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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