Two new terricolous spathidiids (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from tropical Africa: Arcuospathidium vlassak and Arcuospathidium bulli

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 469-477

  Foissner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Etosha Pan; Namibia; New species; Rwanda; Soil ciliates; Spathidiidae

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARCUOSPATHIDIUM; ARCUOSPATHIDIUM CULTRIFORME; CELL VACUOLE; NAMIBIA; PROTOZOON; RWANDA; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPICS;

NEW SPECIES; PROTOZOA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCUOSPATHIDIUM BULLI; ARCUOSPATHIDIUM VLASSAKI;

EID: 0034114777     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050025     Document Type: Article

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