A new heterolobosean amoeba solumitrus palustris n. g., n. sp. Isolated from freshwater marsh soil

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Anderson, O Roger ^a   Wang, Wen ^b   Faucher, Sebastien P ^c   Bi, Keran ^d   Shuman, Howard A ^c  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Huaihai Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^d HUAIHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth rates; marsh protista; molecular genetics; soil amoebae; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; MARSH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; WETLAND;

AMOEBA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; WETLANDS;

UNITED STATES;

AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETEROLOBOSEA; LIMAX; PLATYCRISTATA; PROTISTA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE;

EID: 78650672790     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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