Description of a new species of Tetmemena (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae) using classical and molecular markers

Tetmemena saprai n. sp. was isolated from fresh-water samples collected from Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi, India and described based on its morphology, morphogenesis and molecular markers, namely the small-subunit (SSU) rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacers (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2). The morphological fe...

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Main Authors: Renu Gupta, Jeeva Susan Abraham, S. Sripoorna, Swati Maurya, Ravi Toteja, Seema Makhija, Fahad A. Al-Misned, Hamed A. El-Serehy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364720301026