A new tetrahymena (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from groundwater of Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-246

  Quintela Alonso, Pablo ^a   Nitsche, Frank ^a   Wylezich, Claudia ^a,d   Arndt, Hartmut ^a,b   Foissner, Wilhelm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biodiversity; ciliates; cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1); groundwater; interior branch test; phylogeny; silverline pattern; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SIBLING; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; TETRAHYMENA;

GROUNDWATER; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; TETRAHYMENA;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA FARLEYI; TETRAHYMENA FURGASONI; TETRAHYMENA MOBILIS; TETRAHYMENA TROPICALIS;

EID: 84876782479     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12021     Document Type: Article

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