U. Pakzad et E. Schlosser, ISOLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VAMPIRE AMEBA FROM A HESSIAN FIELD WITH WHEAT MONOCULTURE, Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, 105(1), 1998, pp. 95-99
A vampire amoeba was isolated from the soil of a field with 16 years o
f wheat monoculture in Northern Hesse. It is apparently a new species
of a new genus. A plain method for its maintenance as well as a standa
rd test for the examination of various parameters are presented.