Learamoeba waccamawensis, N. G., N. Sp. (Heterolobosea: Vahlkampfiidae), a new temperature-tolerant cyst-forming soil amoeba

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-264

  Sawyer, Thomas K ^a   Nerad, Thomas A ^b   Cahoon, Lawrence B ^c   Nearhoof, Janice E ^c  

^a Rescon Associates Inc   (United States)

^b AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeboflagellate; Heterolobosea; Lake Waccamaw; North Carolina; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL DIVISION; FILTRATION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; SOIL; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

ACANTHAMOEBA JACOBSI; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMOEBA; HYPERAMOEBA; LEARAMOEBA WACCAMAWENSIS; MAYORELLA PENARDI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA MINOR; PLATYAMOEBA SCHAEFFERI; STACHYAMOEBA; TETRAMITUS;

EID: 0031818331     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04534.x     Document Type: Article

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