Vahlkampfia

Vahlkampfia
Vahlkampfia is visible in the center. The oval organisms are cryptomonads, the tiny spots and sticks are bacteria
Vahlkampfia is visible in the center. The oval organisms are cryptomonads, the tiny spots and sticks are bacteria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Vahlkampfia

Vahlkampfia is a genus of amoeboids in Heterolobosea.[1]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ "The Amoebae". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved June 25, 2009.

Further reading

  • Brown, Susan; De Jonckheere, Johan F. (Feb. 25, 1999). "A reevaluation of the amoeba genus Vahlkampfia based on SSUrDNA sequences". European Journal of Protistology 35 (1):49-54.doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80021-2
  • Gonzalez-Robles, Arturo; Salazar-Villatoro, Lizbeth; Gonzalez-Lazaro, Monica; Omana-Molina, Maritza; Martinez-Palomo, Adolfo (January 2012). "Vahlkampfia sp: Structural observations of cultured trophozoites". Experimental Parasitology. 130 (1): 86–90. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2011.10.009. PMID 22067209.
  • Maeda, Yasuo; Mayanagi, Taira; Amagai, Aiko (March 2009). "Folic Acid is a Potent Chemoattractant of Free-living Amoebae in a New and Amazing Species of Protist, Vahlkampfia sp". Zoological Science. 26 (3): 179–186. doi:10.2108/zsj.26.179. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


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