A morphologically simple species of acrasis (Heterolobosea, Excavata), Acrasis helenhemmesae n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Brown, Matthew W ^a   Silberman, Jeffrey D ^a   Spiegel, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrasid; cellular slime mold; phylogeny; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

BARK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SLIME MOULD; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREE;

EUKARYOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

AUSTRALIA; BERMUDA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRASIDA; ACRASIS; ACRASIS ROSEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXCAVATA; HETEROLOBOSEA; LIMAX; MYCETOZOA;

EID: 77954573467     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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