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Metacommunity analysis of amoeboid protists in grassland soils.
Scientific reports - 11 Jan 2016
Fiore-Donno Anna Maria, Weinert Jan, Wubet Tesfaye, Bonkowski Michael
Abstract excerpt
This study reveals the diversity and distribution of two major ubiquitous groups of soil amoebae, the genus Acanthamoeba and the Myxomycetes (plasmodial slime-moulds) that are rarely, if ever, recovered in environmental sampling studies. We analyzed 150 grassland soil samples from three Biodiversity Exploratories study regions in Germany. We developed specific primers targeting the V2 variable region in the first...
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