Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two new brackish-water species of Amphisiella (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia), with notes on morphogenesis

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-466

  Chen, Xumiao ^a   Shao, Chen ^b   Lin, Xiaofeng ^c   Clamp, John C ^d   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphisiella; Brackish water; Molecular biology; Morphology; Ontogeny; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER;

AMPHISIELLA ANNULATA; AMPHISIELLIDAE; CANDIDA; CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA;

EID: 84878584139     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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