Vahlkampfia anaerobica n. sp. and Vannella peregrinia n. sp. (Rhizopoda) anaerobic amoebae from a Marine sediment

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Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-198

  Smirnov, A V ^a,b   Fenchel, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Anaerobic; Systematics; Ultrastructure; Vahlkampfia; Vannella

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030876970     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(96)80033-9     Document Type: Article

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