A molecular and ultrastructural description of Spathidiopsis buddenbrocki and the phylogenetic position of the family Placidae (Ciliophora)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-79

  Lipscomb, Diana L ^a   Bowditch, Brunella M ^b   Riordan, Gavin P ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Placus; Prorodontida; Protista; small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

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

CILIATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

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

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

CILIOPHORA; COLEPS; CRYPTOCARYON; EUKARYOTA; PLACUS; PLACUS STRIATUS; PRORODON; PRORODONTIDA; PROSTOMATEA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84855522995     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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