Acanthamoeba tubiashi n. sp., a New Species of Fresh-Water Amoebida (Acanthamoebidae)
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
- Vol. 98 (4) , 543-549
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3225905
Abstract
A new species of amoeba, A. tubiashi is described from the sediment of a freshwater stream near Bishopville, Maryland [USA]. Living trophozoites have features characteristic of amoebae belonging to the family Acanthamoebidae Sawyer et Griffin, 1975, but the cysts are distinctly different from those formed by other members of the family. The new species forms large cysts that have a mean diameter of 22.6 .mu.m. Endocysts typically have 3-4 blunt rounded arms arranged in a stellate pattern, but 5 are occasionally observed. A. tubiashi grows at temperatures up to 38.degree. C.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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