Morphological investigation of three Tetramitus spp. which are phylogenetically very closely related: Tetramitus horticolus, Tetramitus russelli n. comb. and Tetramitus pararusselli n. sp.

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-150

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,e   Brown, Susan ^b   Walochnik, Julia ^c   Aspöck, Horst ^c   Michel, Rolf ^d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Zentrales Institut BW Koblenz Lab Abt I (Mikrobiologie)   (Germany)

^e DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5.8S rDNA; Cyst morphology; New combination; New species; Tetramitus; Vahlkampfiidae

Indexed keywords

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SARCODINA; TETRAMITUS; VAHLKAMPFIA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE;

EID: 17844377343     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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