Molecular and morphological analysis of the family Calonymphidae with a description of Calonympha chia sp. nov., Snyderella kirbyi sp. nov., Snyderella swezyae sp. nov. and Snyderella yamini sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2547-2558

  Gile, Gillian H ^a   James, Erick R ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^b   Carpenter, Kevin J ^a   Harper, James T ^a,c   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CALONYMPHA CHIA; COLOMBIA; GENUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SNYDERELLA KIRBYI; SNYDERELLA SWEZYAE; SNYDERELLA YAMINI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLORIDA; GENES, RRNA; ISOPTERA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARABASALIDEA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CALCARITERMES; CALONYMPHA; CALONYMPHIDAE; CRISTAMONADIDA; CRYPTOTERMES; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; NEOTERMES CASTANEUS; PARABASALIDEA; PROTISTA; SNYDERELLA; STEPHANONYMPHA;

EID: 80053644612     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.028480-0     Document Type: Article

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