Observations on soil haptorid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Slovakia

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 720-730

  Vďačný, Peter ^a   Tirjaková, Eva ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Haptorid ciliates; Morphology; Morphometry; Slovakia; Soil

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; HAPTORIDA; PROTOZOA; SPATHIDIUM; TELMATOBIUS; TERRICOLA;

EID: 35448954831     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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