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SUBMITTER: Ragan MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC38157 | biostudies-other | 1996 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19961001 21
Sequences of nuclear-encoded small-subunit rRNA genes have been determined for representatives of the enigmatic genera Dermocystidium, Ichthyophonus, and Psorospermium, protistan parasites of fish and crustaceans. The small-subunit rRNA genes from these parasites and from the "rosette agent" (also a parasite of fish) together form a novel, statistically supported clade. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate this clade to diverge near the animal-fungal dichotomy, although more precise resolution is p ...[more]