Vahlkampfiidae

Vahlkampfiidae is a family of Heterolobosea.^[2]

Vahlkampfiidae
Naegleria fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Percolozoa
Class:	Heterolobosea
Order:	Schizopyrenida
Family:	Vahlkampfiidae
Genera[1]
Allovahlkampfia Naegleria Neovahlkampfia Paravahlkampfia Tetramitus Vahlkampfia Willaertia

It includes the following genera:

• Monopylocystis
• Naegleria
• Neovahlkampfia
• Paravahlkampfia
• Psalteriomonas
• Sawyeria
• Tetramitus
• Vahlkampfia
• Willaertia

See also

• Gruberellidae

References

1. "Vahlkampfiidae". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
2. "Schizopyrenida". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

Further reading

Garstecki, Tobias; Brown, Susan; De Jonckheere, Johan (29 April 2005). "Description of Vahlkampfia signyensis n. sp. (Heterolobosea), based on morphological, ultrastructural and molecular characteristics". European Journal of Protistology. 41 (2): 119–127. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2005.01.003.

Hinkle, Gregory; Sogin, Mitchell L. (September 1993). "The Evolution of the Vahlkampfiidae as Deduced from 16S-like Ribosomal RNA Analysis". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 40 (5): 599–603. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06114.x. PMID 8401474.

De Jonckheere, Johan (January 2007). "Molecular identification of free-living amoebae of the Vahlkampfiidae and Acanthamoebidae isolated in Arizona (USA)". European Journal of Protistology. 43 (1): 9–15. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2006.09.001. PMID 17222746.