Vahlkampfia avara is a species of excavates.[1] It has a PAS-positive surface layer and forms cysts in culture.
| Vahlkampfia avara | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Percolozoa |
| Class: | Heterolobosea |
| Order: | Schizopyrenida |
| Family: | Vahlkampfiidae |
| Genus: | Vahlkampfia |
| Species: | V. avara
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| Binomial name | |
| Vahlkampfia avara Page, 1967
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References
editFurther reading
edit- 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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