A contemporary evaluation of the acrasids (Acrasidae, Heterolobosea, Excavata)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-123

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrasis; Allovahlkampfia; Cellular slime molds; Phylogenetics; Pocheina; Sorocarpic protists

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACRASIDA; ACRASIS; ACRASIS ROSEA; AMOEBA (GENUS); EXCAVATA; FUNGI; HETEROLOBOSEA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84859001473     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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