Testate amoebae belong to the single celled organisms classified under protist fauna characterized by developing complex covering of outer chitin shells; they are renowned as bio indicators owing to their high reactivity to any change in the environment. This communication report...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2025/v21i4500
The present research aims to record the diversity of testate amoebae occurring in different biotopes around Nainital Lake, Uttarakhand, concerning distribution. Free-living, testate amoebae are single-celled protists with external shells and acting excellent bio-indicators of env...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2024/v23i9596
Studies on testate amoebae in Karnataka state have been sporadic and no studies were done in Mookambika Wildlife sanctuary. Therefore, as part of the faunistic survey of Zoological Survey of India moss samples were collected from Mookambika wildlife sanctuary and has filled the l...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i82232
Testate amoebae are protists with protective external shells, unicellular free-living and regarded as good bioindicators of environmental alteration. The occurrence of testate amoebae inhabiting the moss habitats was not recorded in the state of Jharkhand earlier. Therefore, this...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2025/v21i8541
No previous literature has documented testate amoebae living on moss in the Nagi Bird Sanctuary, a designated Ramsar site in Bihar. Therefore, this investigation became the first study to explore testate amoebae species diversity in this important wetland. Testate amoebae are exc...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2025/v40i22204