Dictyostelids living in the soils of the Atlantic Forest, Iguazú region, Misiones, Argentina: Description of new species

Mycologia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-124

  Vadell, Eduardo M ^a   Cavender, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Polysphondylium; Southern hemisphere; Subtropical Atlantic Forest; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SLIME MOULD; SOIL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYXOMYCETES; PHOTOGRAPHY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST; CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; PETEN; SOUTH AMERICA; TIKAL;

ACYTOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM; POLYSPHONDYLIUM;

EID: 34250753398     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.99.1.112     Document Type: Article

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