A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-342

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Balamuthia; Dividing flagellates; Group I introns; Hartmannella; N. pringsheimi sp. n.; N. tihangensis sp. n.; Naegleria pagei sp. n.; Non flagellating; Phylogeny; Ribosomal DNA; Vahlkampfia

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA; HARTMANNELLA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA PAGEI; PROTOZOA; SARCODINA; VAHLKAMPFIA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE; WILLAERTIA;

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