Article
The evolutionary history of the genus Acanthamoeba and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Stothard D R, Schroeder-Diedrich J M, Awwad M H, Gast R J, Ledee D R, Rodriguez-Zaragoza S, Dean C L, Fuerst P A, Byers T J
Abstract excerpt
The 18S rRNA gene (Rns) phylogeny of Acanthamoeba is being investigated as a basis for improvements in the nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus. We previously analyzed Rns sequences from 18 isolates from morphological groups 2 and 3 and found that they fell into four distinct evolutionary linea...
Topics
- Acanthamoeba
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid