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Handbook of the Protists / edited by John M. Archibald, Alastair G.B. Simpson, Claudio H. Slamovits.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life sciences.
- Parasitology.
- Microbial ecology.
- Microbiology.
- Anatomy.
- Physiology.
- Life Sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- Life Sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Second edition 2017.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- Published in a modern, user-friendly format this fully revised and updated edition of The Handbook of Protoctista (1990) is the resource for those interested in the biology, diversity and evolution of eukaryotic microorganisms and their descendants, exclusive of animals, plants and fungi. With chapters written by leading researchers in the field, the content reflects the present state of knowledge of the cell and genome biology, evolutionary relationships and ecological/medical/economic importance each major group of protists, organized according to current protist systematics as informed by molecular phylogenetics and genomics.
- Contents:
- Diplomonadida
- Amoebozoan lobose amoebae (Tubulinea, Flabellinea and others)
- Retortamonadida (and Carpediemonas-like organisms)
- Opalinata
- Choanoflagellata
- Jakobida
- Kinetoplastea
- Preaxostyla
- Parabasalia
- Heterolobosea
- Archamoebae
- Protosteloid Amoebae (Protosteliida, Protosporangiida, Cavosteliida, Schizoplasmodiida, Fractoviteliida, and sporocarpic members of Vannellida, Centramoebida, and Pellitida)
- Euglenida
- Dictyostelia
- Apusomonadida
- Haplosporida
- Blastocladiales
- Chytridiomycota
- Radiolaria (Polycystinea, Phaeodarea)
- Apicomplexa
- Paramyxida
- Dinoflagellata
- Ciliophora
- Plasmodiophorida
- Labyrinthulomycetes
- Oomycetes and Hyphochytriales
- Microsporidia
- Centrohelida and other "heliozoans"
- Bacillariophyta
- Xanthophyta
- Phaeophyta
- Xenophyophora
- Rhodophyta
- Chlorarachnida
- Cryptophyta (Cryptomonads)
- Chlorokybophyceae, Klebsormidiophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae
- Raphidophyceae (Raphidophyta)
- Prymnesiophyta
- Eustigmatophyta
- Charophyceae (Charales)
- Zygnematophyta
- Glaucocystophyta
- Chrysomonada
- Myxomycetes.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783319281490
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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