Oramoeba fumarolia gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine heterolobosean amoeboflagellate growing at 54°C

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-23

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,b   Baumgartner, Manuela ^c   Eberhardt, Silvia ^c   Opperdoes, Fred R ^a,d   Stetter, Karl O ^c  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterolobosea; ITS; New species; SSU rDNA; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMOEBA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLA; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; ITALY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

AMOEBA (GENUS); HETEROLOBOSEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); STACHYAMOEBA;

EID: 78751571056     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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