Morphological and ribosomal DNA-based characterization of six Antarctic ciliate morphospecies from the Amundsen Sea with phylogenetic analyses

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-513

  Kim, Sun Young ^a,b   Choi, Joong Ki ^a   Dolan, John R ^c   Shin, Hyoung Chul ^b   Lee, Sanghoon ^b   Yang, Eun Jin ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

18S; 28S; Antarctica; marine ciliates; planktonic ciliates; taxonomy; Tintinnida

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA; CODONELLOPSIS GAUSSI; CONVALLARIA; CYMATOCYLIS; CYMATOCYLIS CONVALLARIA; DICTYOCYSTIDAE; LAACKMANNIELLA; RHABDONELLIDAE; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNIDAE;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S; SEA WATER;

18S; 28S; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARINE CILIATES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTONIC CILIATES; RNA GENE; TAXONOMY; TINTINNIDA;

18S; 28S; ANTARCTICA; MARINE CILIATES; PLANKTONIC CILIATES; TAXONOMY; TINTINNIDA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84884160017     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12057     Document Type: Article

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