Ultrastructural identities of Mastigamoeba punctachora, Mastigamoeba simplex and Mastigella commutans and assessment of hypotheses of relatedness of the pelobionts (Protista)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-49

  Walker, Giselle ^c   Simpson, Alastair G B ^a   Edgcomb, Virginia ^b   Sogin, Mitchell L ^b   Patterson, David J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Archezoa; Cytoskeleton; Pelomyxa; Phreatamoeba; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGAMOEBA; MASTIGAMOEBA PUNCTACHORA; MASTIGAMOEBA SIMPLEX; MASTIGELLA COMMUTANS; MYCETOZOA; PELOBIONTIDA; PELOMYXA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035015189     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00780     Document Type: Article

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