Marinamoeba thermophila, a new marine heterolobosean amoeba growing at 50 °C

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-236

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,b   Baumgartner, Manuela ^c   Opperdoes, Fred R ^a,d   Stetter, Karl O ^c  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterolobosea; ITS; Marinamoeba thermophila (n. gen.; n. sp.); SSU rDNA; Thermophilic; Vahlkampfiidae

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMOEBA (GENUS); HETEROLOBOSEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA SP.; PLEUROSTOMUM; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE; WILLAERTIA;

EID: 67449135878     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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