Enigmatic Diphyllatea eukaryotes: Culturing and targeted PacBio RS amplicon sequencing reveals a higher order taxonomic diversity and global distribution
R. J. S. Orr, S. Zhao, D. Klaveness, A. Yabuki, K. Ikeda, W. M. Makoto, K. Shalchian-Tabrizi
The paper cultures Diphyllatea strains, amplifies full 18S rRNA genes using PacBio RS II, and identifies three clades, revealing two morphotypes and broader global distribution.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2017Evolutionary Biology