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Reconsideration of the systematics of Peniculida (Protista, Ciliophora) based on SSU rRNA gene sequences and new morphological features of Marituja and Disematostoma

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Disentangling the Taxonomy of Rickettsiales and Description of Two Novel Symbionts (“Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis” and “Candidatus Fokinia cryptica”) Sharing the Cytoplasm of the Ciliate Protist Paramecium biaurelia

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Past and future species definitions for Bacteria and Archaea

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Draft genome sequences of threeHolosporaspecies (Holospora obtusa,Holospora undulata, andHolospora elegans), endonuclear symbiotic bacteria of the ciliateParamecium caudatum

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Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences

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Morphology and Phylogeny of a New Frontonia Ciliate, F. paramagna spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida) from Harbin, Northeast China

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Morphology, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of the ciliate Sonderia vorax with insights into the systematics of order Plagiopylida

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Phylogenetic placement of two previously described intranuclear bacteria from the ciliate Paramecium bursaria (Protozoa, Ciliophora): 'Holospora acuminata' and 'Holospora curviuscula'

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Morphology of three new marine Frontonia species (Ciliophora; Peniculida) with note on the phylogeny of this genus

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Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequences of three Frontonia species, including a description of F. subtropica spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida)

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Morphological, Ultrastructural, and Molecular Characterization ofEuplotidium rosatin. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida) from Guam

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Revised Systematics of Holospora-Like Bacteria and Characterization of “Candidatus Gortzia infectiva”, a Novel Macronuclear Symbiont of Paramecium jenningsi

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MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

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Molecular phylogeny of unculturable Karyorelictea (Alveolata, Ciliophora)

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