A reevaluation of the amoeba genus Vahlkampfia based on SSUrDNA sequences

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Brown, Susan ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Naegleria; Phylogeny; SSUrDNA; Taxonomy; Vahlkampfia; Vahlkampfiidae

Indexed keywords

DIDASCALUS THORNTONI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; NEOVAHLKAMPFIA; PARATETRAMITUS JUGOSUS; PARAVAHLKAMPFIA; TETRAMITUS; TETRAMITUS JUGOSUS; TETRAMITUS ROSTRATUS; TETRAMITUS THORNTONI; VAHLKAMPFIA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE;

EID: 0033602168     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80021-2     Document Type: Article

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