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Descriptor English: Foraminifera
Descriptor Spanish: Foraminíferos
Descriptor Foraminifera
Scope note: Orden de EUCARIOTAS ameboides caracterizados por poseer pseudópodos reticulados y un ciclo vital complejo, con alternancia de generaciones. La mayoría miden menos de 1mm y se encuentran en aguas marinas y salobres.
Descriptor Portuguese: Foraminíferos
Descriptor French: Foraminifera
Entry term(s): Foram
Foraminiferida
Forams
Tree number(s): B01.680.275
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056908
Scope note: An order of amoeboid EUKARYOTES characterized by reticulating pseudopods and a complex life cycle with an alternation of generations. Most are less than 1mm in size and found in marine or brackish water.
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53459
Unique ID: D056908
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Foraminifera - Preferred
Concept UI M0533344
Scope note An order of amoeboid EUKARYOTES characterized by reticulating pseudopods and a complex life cycle with an alternation of generations. Most are less than 1mm in size and found in marine or brackish water.
Preferred term Foraminifera
Entry term(s) Foram
Foraminiferida
Forams



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