Description of glaucomides bromelicola n. gen., n. sp. (ciliophora, tetrahymenida), a macrostome forming inhabitant of bromeliads (bromeliaceae), including redescriptions of glaucoma scintillans and G. reniformis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-157

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bromeliophryidae; Glaucomidae; neotropics; Polytomella sp

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; COMMON ANCESTRY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

BROMELIACEAE; CENTRAL AMERICA; MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AMERICA; TETRAHYMENINA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROMELIACEAE; BROMELIOPHRYIDAE; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; GLAUCOMA (CILIATE); GLAUCOMA SCINTILLANS; GLAUCOMIDAE; GLAUCOMIDES; GLAUCOMIDES BROMELICOLA; POLYTOMELLA; TETRAHYMENIDAE;

EID: 84874686191     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12016     Document Type: Article

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