Ecology of soil eumycetozoans

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-208

  Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Feest, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Bacterivores; Dictyostelids; Myxogastrids; Protostelids

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIIDA; MYCETOZOA; PROTOSTELIDA;

EID: 84873545957     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.12.016.0762     Document Type: Review

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