W4-3 Collected by LExEn group 1/1/99. Single cell isolated by D.Moran 5/27/00.18ssrDNA is is deposited in GenBank under accession number DQ229957. 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.).

Cell Size: 8µm-15µm.
Media: Sargasso + YE + extra rice grains. Order: Amoebozoa.

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