Protostelids and myxomycetes isolated from aquatic habitats

Mycologia

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-509

  Lindley, Lora A ^a   Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Spiegel, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eumycetozoa; Freshwater; Fruiting amoebae; Mycetozoa; Ponds; Streams

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRUITING; ISOLATED POPULATION; POND; RAINFOREST; SLIME MOULD; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYXOMYCETES; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARKANSAS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MYXOMYCETES; OKLAHOMA; PROTOZOA;

MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PROTOSTELIDA;

EID: 36049018916     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.99.4.504     Document Type: Article

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