Trichonympha burlesquei n. sp. From Reticulitermes virginicus and evidence against a cosmopolitan distribution of Trichonympha agilis in many termite hosts

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART10, 2013, Pages 3873-3876

  James, Erick R ^a   Tai, Vera ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^b   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOST; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; SYMBIONT; TRICHONYMPHA; TRICHONYMPHA AGILIS; TRICHONYMPHA BURLESQUEI;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HYPERMASTIGIA; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84885191894     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.054874-0     Document Type: Article

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