Invalidation of hyperamoeba by transferring its species to other genera of myxogastria

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Fiore Donno, Anna Maria ^a   Kamono, Akiko ^b   Chao, Ema E ^a   Fukui, Manabu ^b   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa; Molecular phylogeny; Mycetozoa; Myxomycetes; Slime molds; SSU rRNA gene.

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTIST; RNA; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MYCETOZOA; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MYCETOZOA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; DIDYMIUM; HYPERAMOEBA; HYPERAMOEBA DACHNAYA; HYPERAMOEBA FLAGELLATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARIDAE; PHYSARIIDA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM DIDERMOIDES; PSEUDODIDYMIUM CRYPTOMASTIGOPHORUM; STEMONITIDA; STEMONITIS;

EID: 77952619151     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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