Meeting report: 5th international symposium on testate amoebae (ISTA-5), Montbéliard, France, 14-17 September 2009 - Present status of testate amoeba research, knowledge gaps and research priorities

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Mitchell, Edward A D ^a,b,c   Gilbert, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FRANCE; GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FRANCE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77954864782     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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