Diversity of free-living 'naked' amoeboid organisms

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 314-321

  Bradley, S G ^a   Marciano Cabral, F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebae as predators and prey; Biological diversity; Ecology of amoebae; Free living amoebae; Molecular systematics; Phylogeny of amoebae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030498967     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01574706     Document Type: Article

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