Morphology and small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene sequence of the new brackish water ciliate neobakuella flava n. g., n. sp. (Ciliophora, Spirotricha, Bakuellidae) and SSU rRNA gene sequences of six additional hypotrichs from Korea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-351

  Li, Liqiong ^a,b   Khan, Sadia Nawroz ^a   Ji, Daode ^c   Shin, Mann Kyoon ^a   Berger, Helmut ^d  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Consulting Engineering Office for Ecology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Anteholosticha; Diaxonella; infraciliature; Metaurostylopsis; new genus; new species; phylogeny; Pseudourostyla; Sterkiella; Stichotrichia

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; WATER;

BRACKISH WATER; CILIATE; CLADISTICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYPOTRICHIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CILIOPHORA; GENES, RRNA; HYPOTRICHIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; WATER;

SOUTH KOREA; ULSAN [SOUTH KOREA];

ANTEHOLOSTICHA; CILIOPHORA; DIAXONELLA; HOLOSTICHA; HYPOTRICHIA; PSEUDOUROSTYLA; PSEUDOUROSTYLA CRISTATA; SPIROTRICHEA; STERKIELLA; STERKIELLA HISTRIOMUSCORUM; STICHOTRICHIA;

EID: 79960446035     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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