Characterization of two urostylid ciliates, Metaurostylopsis flavicana spec. nov. and Tunicothrix wilberti (Lin & Song, 2004) Xu et al., 2006 (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia), from a mangrove nature protection area in China

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1740-1750

  Wang, Yangang ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a,b   Huang, Jie ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Warren, Alan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SILVER DERIVATIVE; STRONG SILVER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; CILIATE; COLOR; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MANGROVE; METAUROSTYLOPSIS FLAVICANA; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TUNICOTHRIX WILBERTI; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

CILIOPHORA; STICHOTRICHIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650673193     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.024935-0     Document Type: Article

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