Morphological and molecular characterization of paramecium (Viridoparamecium nov. subgen.) chlorelligerum Kahl (Ciliophora)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 548-563

  Kreutz, Martin ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^b   Foissner, Wilhelm ^c  

^a Private Laboratory   (Germany)

^b France   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chloroparamecium; Germany; Meyerella; Oligohymenophora; Simmelried moorland

Indexed keywords

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

BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; GREEN ALGA; LAKE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

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

GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BURSARIA (CILIATA); CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 84868663486     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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