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- noun Any small, colourless
protist of the phylum Amoeboflagellata (now called Schizopyrenida)
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He and his colleagues report that this amoeboflagellate contains
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Furthermore, I need to figure out how the various ways of being amoeboid, flagellate, and amoeboflagellate really differ from each other, and how best to classify them to analyse the situation properly.
Research Blogging - All Topics - English Psi Wavefunction, Skeptic Wonder 2010
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Phylogenetic analysis of the ESTs confirms the relationship of P. lanterna with its aerobic relative, the heterolobosean amoeboflagellate Naegleria gruberi, corroborating the evolution of hydrogenosomes from a common, mitochondriate ancestor.
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Morphology and 18S rRNA phylogeny suggest that the microaerophilic amoeboflagellate Psalteriomonas lanterna, which possesses hydrogenosomes and elusive "modified mitochondria", belongs to the heterolobosea, a taxon that consists predominantly of aerobic, mitochondriate organisms.
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To see the world in a uninucleate amoeboflagellate cell, and heaven in a plasmodium Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
Via Negativa 2008
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