Morphology and phylogeny of a new Urostylid CILIATE, Monocoronella carnea n. g., n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) from Daya Bay, Southern China

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 497-503

  Chen, Xumiao ^a,b   Dong, Jun ^a   Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Marine ciliates; phylogeny; SSU rRNA; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

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

CILIATE; COASTAL ZONE; COLOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHINA; DAYA BAY; GUANGDONG;

BERGERIELLA; CILIOPHORA; HOLOSTICHA; HYPOTRICHIA; KERONOPSIS; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS;

EID: 81355148700     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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