Morphology, ontogenesis and molecular phylogeny of Platynematum salinarum nov. spec., a new scuticociliate (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) from a solar saltern

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-184

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Jung, Jae Ho ^b   Filker, Sabine ^c   Rudolph, Jennifer ^c   Stoeck, Thorsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cinetochilidae; Extremophile ciliates; Hypersaline ciliates; Platynematum marinum; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; CINETOCHILIDAE; PLATYNEMATUM; SATHROPHILUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA; TETRAHYMENIDAE;

INORGANIC SALT; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; CINETOCHILIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTREMOPHILE CILIATES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPERSALINE CILIATES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLATYNEMATUM MARINUM; PORTUGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CINETOCHILIDAE; EXTREMOPHILE CILIATES; HYPERSALINE CILIATES; PLATYNEMATUM MARINUM; PORTUGAL;

CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALTS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898056889     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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