Free-living amoebae in carbonate precipitating microhabitats of karst caves and a new vahlkampfiid amoeba, Allovahlkampfia spelaea gen. nov., sp. nov

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Walochnik, Julia ^a   Mulec, Janez ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Allovahlkampfia spelaea gen. nov.; Amoebae; Cave; Sp. nov

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINAMOEBA; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; SARCODINA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE;

EID: 70350417861     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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