Telonemia-specific environmental 18S rDNA PCR reveals unknown diversity and multiple marine-freshwater colonizations

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent surveys of eukaryote 18S rDNA diversity in marine habitats have uncovered worldwide distribution of the heterotrophic eukaryote phylum Telonemia. Here we investigate the diversity and geographic distribution of Telonemia seque...

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Main Authors: Jakobsen Kjetill S, Rygh Tellef, Klaveness Dag, Bråte Jon, Shalchian-Tabrizi Kamran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/168