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Protonaegleria westphali gen. nov., sp. nov. (Vahlkampfiidae) a thermophilic amoebo-flagellate isolated from freshwater habitat in India

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Protonaegleria westphali gen. nov. sp. nov., a free-living thermophilic amoeba of the family Vahlkampfiidae, isolated from a ditch near Bombay, India, is described. Amoebae moving by eruptive pseudopodial bulges were grown on agar plates. The division pattern of their nuclei was promitotic. In amoeba saline they transformed to flagellate stage with usually four flagella. In contrast toTetramitus the stage ofP. westphali flagellate has no cytostome. The large cysts produced by trophic amoebae only, are of theNaegleria type having prominent pores sealed with mucous plugs.

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  1. Ernst-Rodenwaldt-Institut, Viktoriastr. 11-13, D-5400, Koblenz, Federal Republic of Germany

    R. Michel

  2. Hoechst AG, D-6230, Frankfurt/M. 80, Federal Republic of Germany

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Michel, R., Raether, W. Protonaegleria westphali gen. nov., sp. nov. (Vahlkampfiidae) a thermophilic amoebo-flagellate isolated from freshwater habitat in India. Z. Parasitenkd. 71, 705–713 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926796

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