title: Morphology and phylogeny of Vannella croatica n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Vannellida).
abstract: We isolated and described a new species of freshwater vannellid amoeba from Krka natural reserve in Croatia--Vannella croatica n. sp. This species has certain morphological differences from all known vannellids and differs at the level of SSU sequence. It resembles in size and morphology Vannella lata; to facilitate direct comparison we publish images of V. lata CCAP 1589/12 strain (type strain, which is now lost) taken in 1999. Vannela croatica feeds on bacteria and can be easily grown in large amount in relatively pure culture and thus is suitable for molecular and biochemical studies requiring large amounts of material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaja nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Electronic address: alexey.smirnov@spbu.ru.
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Smirnov
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaja nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Natalya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bondarenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaja nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glotova
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaja nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; Laboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology RAS, Tikhoretsky ave. 4, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nassonova
mesh_terms: D056894:Amoebozoa / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017523:Croatia; D010802:Phylogeny; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
keywords: Amoeba; Amoebozoa; Phylogeny; Systematics; Vannellida