Distribution of Acanthamoeba (Protozoa: Acanthamoebidae) in marine and freshwater sediments

Sawyer, Thomas K.; Lear, Donald W.; O'Malley, Mauria; Adams, Willard N.; Gaines, J.

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Distribution of Acanthamoeba (Protozoa: Acanthamoebidae) in marine and freshwater sediments

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1979
By Sawyer, Thomas K. ; Lear, Donald W. ; O'Malley, Mauria ; ...

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Sawyer, Thomas K. ; Lear, Donald W. ; O'Malley, Mauria ; Adams, Willard N. ; Gaines, J.
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Northeast Fisheries Center (U.S.) ; United States, Environmental Protection Agency, ; United States, Food and Drug Administration, ; Maryland, Energy & Coastal Zone Administration, ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Ocean Dumping Program,
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NOS (National Ocean Service)
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"The present report provides the first extensive account of the distribution of Acanthamoeba species in oceanic bottom-sediments and demonstrates that such amoebae are potential residents of the ocean when bacteria, including the coliform group, are available as a source of food ... Sediment samples in or distant from the Philadelphia-Camden acid or sewage dump-sites were collected during 5 separate Environmental Protection Agency cruises."--Leaves 2-3.
Content Notes:

by Thomas K. Sawyer, Donald Lear, Mauria O'Malley, Cpt. Willard N. Adams, and Cdr. J. Gaines.

"Informal Report: Prepared for Energy and Coastal Zone Administration, Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, Maryland, and Office of Ocean-Dumping Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland."

"Preliminary Draft-Not To Be Cited."

Also issued via the World Wide Web.

Includes bibliographical references.

Informal report.

The Philidelphia, Pa.-Camden, N.J. region.
Keywords:

Acanthamoeba Marine Microbiology Marine Sediments Marine Microbiology Marine Sediments
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Miscellaneous
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Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia ; New Jersey ; Camden
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