The symbiotic intestinal ciliates and the evolution of their hosts

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-173

  Moon van der Staay, Seung Yeo ^a   Van der Staay, Georg W M ^a   Michalowski, Tadeusz ^b   Jouany, Jean Pierre ^c   Pristas, Peter ^d   Javorský, Peter ^d   Kišidayová, Svetlana ^d   Varadyova, Zora ^d   McEwan, Neil R ^e,f   Newbold, C Jamie ^e,f   Van Alen, Theo ^a   De Graaf, Rob ^a   Schmid, Markus ^g   Huynen, Martijn A ^h   Hackstein, Johannes H P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

^c UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^e ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Caecum colon; Ciliates; Community analysis; Gastro intestinal tract; Rumen

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOVIDS; CAECUM/COLON; CILIATE; CILIATES; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; FECES; GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INTESTINE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

18S RDNA; CAECUM/COLON; CILIATES; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT; RUMEN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CILIOPHORA; FECES; INTESTINES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RUMEN; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84896075409     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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