Polysphondylium multicystogenum sp. nov., a new dictyostelid species from Sierra Leone, West Africa

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Kawakami, Shin Ichi ^a   Hagiwara, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelid cellular slime molds; Mating; Microcyst; Polysphondylium multicystogenum; Species complex; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYST; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIIDA; POLYSPHONDYLIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYXOMYCETES; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SIERRA LEONE; SOIL;

ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIIDA; SIERRA LEONE; SOIL; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 48249113363     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.100.2.347     Document Type: Article

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