Three new Loxophyllum species (Ciliophora: Pleurostomatida) from China with a brief review of the marine and brackish Loxophyllum species

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-56

  Pan, Hongbo ^a,b,c   Gao, Feng ^b   Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Warren, Alan ^d   Song, Weibo ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

morphology; new species; SSU rDNA; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEA WATER; SILVER PROTEIN; STRONG SILVER PROTEIN;

CILIATE; COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; DNA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILVER PROTEINS;

CHINA;

CILIOPHORA; LITONOTUS; LOXOPHYLLUM; PLEUROSTOMATIDA;

EID: 84872095091     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12005     Document Type: Article

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