PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE xi
5. PART I. GROWTH AND MORPHOGENESIS
6. CHAPTER 1. Historical Background 3
7. CHAPTER 2. Occurrence and Isolation 17
8. CHAPTER 3. Ecology 30
9. CHAPTER 4. Cultivation 48
10. CHAPTER 5. Culture Maintenance 77
11. CHAPTER 6. Vegetative Stage 87
12. CHAPTER 7. Cell Aggregation 104
13. CHAPTER 8. Fructification 134
14. CHAPTER 9. Macrocysts 178
15. PART II. SYSTEMATICS
16. CHAPTER 10. Acrasiomycetes 225
17. CHAPTER 11. Dictyostelidae 242
18. CHAPTER 12. Dictyosteliaceae: Dictyostelium 246
19. CHAPTER 13. Dictyosteliaceae: Polysphondylium 368
20. CHAPTER 14. Acytosteliaceae: Acytostelium 393
21. CHAPTER 15. Coenonia 408
22. EPILOGUE 413
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 417
24. INDEX 443