Morphological, ultrastructural, and molecular characterization of Euplotidium rosati n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida) from Guam

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-36

  Modeo, Letizia ^a   Petroni, Giulio ^a   Lobban, Christopher S ^b   Verni, Franco ^a   Vannini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Ciliate; electron microscopy; epixenosome; Gastrocirrhidae; phylogeny; Spirotrichea; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; DATA SET; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GUAM; HYPOTRICHIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DNA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GUAM; HYPOTRICHIDA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDA; EUPLOTIDIUM; EUPLOTIDIUM ARENARIUM; EUPLOTIDIUM HELGAE; EUPLOTIDIUM ITOI; EUPLOTIDIUM PROSALTANS; EUPLOTIDIUM SMALLI; GASTROCIRRHIDAE; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 84872076593     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12003     Document Type: Article

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