On the identity of the amoeboflagellates Didascalus thorntoni and Adelphamoeba galeacystis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-54

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a   Brown, Susan ^b   Robinson, Bret S ^c  

^a Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Naegleria; Paratetramitus; phylogeny; riboprints; SSUrDNA sequence; Tetramitus; Vahlkampfia

Indexed keywords

ADELPHAMOEBA GALEACYSTIS; DIDASCALUS THORNTONI;

EID: 0030942282     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05691.x     Document Type: Article

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