S-131-2 Neoparamoeba aestuarina antarctica Collected by LExEn group 1/99 at 495M. Isolated using dilution method by D. Moran. 18ssrDNA sequence is deposited in GenBank under accession number DQ229958. Morphologically and molecularly identified as Neoparamoeba aestuarina antarctica (Moran, D.M., Anderson, O.R., Dennett, M.R., Caron, D.A., Gast, R.J. 2007. A Description of Seven Antarctic Marine Gymnamoebae Including a New Subspecies, Two New Species and a New Genus: Neoparamoeba aestuarina antarctica n. subsp., Platyamoeba oblongata n. sp., Platyamoeba contorta n. sp. and Vermistella antarctica n. gen. n. sp.J. Eukaryotic Microbiology 54: 169-183.).

Order: Amoebazoa. Cell size: 8µm-15µm.
Media: Sargasso Cero + extra rice..

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