Cotterillia bromelicola nov. gen., nov. spec., a gonostomatid ciliate (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) from tank bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) with de novo originating dorsal kineties

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-50

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Neokinetal wave; Ontogenesis; Stichotrichida; Terminology; Trachelostylidae

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; TILLANDSIA;

CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TILLANDSIA;

BROMELIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; GONOSTOMATIDAE; GONOSTOMUM; HYPOTRICHIA; STICHOTRICHIDA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA HETEROPHYLLA; TRACHELOSTYLA; TRACHELOSTYLIDAE;

EID: 78751566449     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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