Morphology and morphogenesis of a soil ciliate, Rigidohymena candens (Kahl, 1932) Berger, 2011 (Ciliophora, Hypotricha, Oxytrichidae), with notes on its molecular phylogeny based on small-subunit rDNA sequence data

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 5, 2013, Pages 1912-1921

  Chen, Xumiao ^a   Yan, Ying ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Zhu, Mingzhuang ^a   Ma, Honggang ^a   Warren, Alan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GLAUCOMA (CILIATE); LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYTRICHA; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDOHYMENA CANDENS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84877850886     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.048611-0     Document Type: Article

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