Isolation of a vahlkampfiid amoeba from a contact lens: Tetramitus ovis (Schmidt, 1913) n. comb.

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-97

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

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TETRAMITUS; VAHLKAMPFIA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE;

EID: 17844409083     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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