Morphology and 18S rDNA gene sequence of Spirostomum minus and Spirostomum teres (Ciliophora: Heterotrichea) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Species of Spirostomum Ehrenberg, 1838 are widely used as model organisms in ecological studies of environmental impacts and symbioses between ciliates and human pathogenic bacteria. However, the taxonomy of this genus is confused by the superficiality of the morphological descriptions of its includ...
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| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000100009 |