Vahlkampfia is a genus of amoeboids in Heterolobosea.[2]
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| Vahlkampfia is visible in the center. The oval organisms are cryptomonads, the tiny spots and sticks are bacteria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Percolozoa |
| Class: | Heterolobosea |
| Order: | Schizopyrenida |
| Family: | Vahlkampfiidae |
| Genus: | Vahlkampfia |
| Species[1] | |
References
edit- ^ "Vahlkampfia" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "The Amoebae". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
Further reading
edit- 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. PMID 19341337.
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