Taxonomy and phylogeny of Tunicothrix (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia), with the description of two novel species, Tunicothrix brachysticha n. sp. And Tunicothrix multinucleata n. sp., and the establishment of Parabirojimidae n. fam

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1487-1496

  Dai, Renhai ^a,b   Xu, Kuidong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHINA; CILIATE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABIROJIMIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTARGOL IMPREGNATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SAND; SEDIMENT; SILVER IMPREGNATION; STICHOTRICHIA; TAXONOMY; TUNICOTHRIX BRACHYSTICHA; TUNICOTHRIX MULTINUCLEATA;

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

CILIOPHORA; STICHOTRICHIA;

EID: 79958232735     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.024463-0     Document Type: Article

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