Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Pseudotrichonympha hertwigi and Pseudotrichonympha paulistana (Trichonymphea, Parabasalia) from Neotropical Rhinotermitids

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-496

  Saldarriaga, Juan F ^a   Gile, Gillian H ^a,c   James, Erick R ^a   Horák, Ales ^a,d   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^b   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diversity; DNA barcoding; intestinal symbionts; Isoptera; lower termites; Parabasalia; Rhinotermitidae; Teranymphidae; Trichonymphida

Indexed keywords

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

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIONT; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABASALIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

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

COPTOTERMES TESTACEUS; HETEROTERMES TENUIS; ISOPTERA; PARABASALIDEA; PSEUDOTRICHONYMPHA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERANYMPHIDAE; TRICHONYMPHIDA;

EID: 81355151286     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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