Vahlkampfia avara

Vahlkampfia avara
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Vahlkampfia
Species:
V. avara
Binomial name
Vahlkampfia avara
Page, 1967

Vahlkampfia avara is a species of excavates.[1] It has a PAS-positive surface layer and forms cysts in culture.

References

  1. Page, Frederick C. (1967). "Taxonomic Criteria for Limax Amoebae, with Descriptions of 3 New Species of Hartmannella and 3 of Vahlkampfia". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 14 (3): 499–521. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1967.tb02036.x. ISSN 1066-5234. PMID 6050658.

Further reading

  • Rivera F, Ramírez P, Vilaclara G, Robles E, Medina F (October 1983). "A survey of pathogenic and free-living amoebae inhabiting swimming pool water in Mexico City". Environmental Research. 32 (1): 205–11. Bibcode:1983ER.....32..205R. doi:10.1016/0013-9351(83)90207-4. PMID 6617613.


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