:Vahlkampfia avara

{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}

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| genus = Vahlkampfia

| species = avara

| authority = Page, 1967

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Vahlkampfia avara is a species of excavates.{{cite journal|last1=Page|first1=Frederick C.|title=Taxonomic Criteria for Limax Amoebae, with Descriptions of 3 New Species of Hartmannella and 3 of Vahlkampfia|journal=The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology|volume=14|issue=3|year=1967|pages=499–521|issn=1066-5234|doi=10.1111/j.1550-7408.1967.tb02036.x|pmid=6050658}} It has a PAS-positive surface layer and forms cysts in culture.

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |vauthors=Rivera F, Ramírez P, Vilaclara G, Robles E, Medina F |title=A survey of pathogenic and free-living amoebae inhabiting swimming pool water in Mexico City |journal=Environmental Research |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=205–11 |date=October 1983 |pmid=6617613 |doi= 10.1016/0013-9351(83)90207-4|bibcode=1983ER.....32..205R }}