Article
Assessing variability of endosymbiotic ciliates (Litostomatea, Trichostomatia) using 18S rDNA and ITS region.
European journal of protistology - 1 Sept 2026
Belokon Maria E, Skazina Maria A, Chistyakova Ludmila V, Kornilova Olga A
Abstract excerpt
Endosymbiotic ciliates of the subclass Trichostomatia (Litostomatea) live in the digestive tract of various vertebrates. Trichostomes show remarkable morphological diversity, which has yet to be studied thoroughly using molecular methods. In this paper, we investigated intraspecific variability of three species (Cochliatoxum periachtum, Tripalmaria dogieli, and Cycloposthium edentatum) from the intestine of...
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- Ciliophora
- Animals
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
- Species Specificity
- Phylogeny
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
