Eumycetozoa (slime moulds - part)
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Amoebozoa
Genera in southern Africa
Lists of taxa from Adl et al. (2005). Thus far I
have not been able to verify which taxa have been recorded from southern Africa.
Protostelia (net plasmodium slime
moulds)
Genera: Cavostellium, Ceratiomyxa, Ceratiomyxella, Microglomus,
Nematostelium, Protostelium, Tychosporium.
The trophic stage of these organisms consists of uninucleate amoebae or
amoebo-flagellates and multinucleate plasmodia; during locomotion, the
protoplasts form filose pseudopodia; flagellate cells only in some members
of the Protosteliida; one- to few-spored sporocarps are formed from the
uninucleate to multinucleate protoplasts of the Protosteliida; stalk tubes
are formed during sporulation in all members of the subclass. Cellulose has
been identified in the stalk tubes of Protosteliida species. Members of this
subclass have been isolated from dung, soil, and plant parts where they are
presumed to feed on bacteria, yeasts, and fungal spores identical or similar
to those used to maintain them in culture. |
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Myxogastria (plasmodial or syncytial slime moulds)
Genera: Arcyria, Badhamia, Barbyella, Brefeldia, Comatricha, Cribraria,
Diachea, Diderma, Dydimium, Echinostelium, Fuligo, Lamproderma,
Leocarpus, Lepidoderma, Licea, Lycogala, Macbrideola, Metatrichia,
Perichaena, Physarella, Physarum, Stemonitis, Trichia, Tubulifera, and
Willkommlangea. |
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Dictyostelia (cellular slime moulds)
Genera: Acytostelium, Dictyostelium, Polysphondylium. Uncertain
position: Coenonia. |
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uncertain position
Genera:Copromyxa, Copromyxella and Fonticula. |
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Links
Publications
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Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G., Farmer, M.A., Andersen, R.A.,
Anderson, O.R., Barta, J.R., Bowser, S.S., Brugerolle, G., Fensome, R.A.,
Fredericq, S., James, T.Y., Karpov, S., Kugrens, P., Krug, J., Lane, C.E.,
Lewis, L.A., Lodge, J., Lynn, D.H., Mann, D.G., McCourt, R.M., Mendoza, L.,
Moestrup, Ř., Mozley-Standridge, S.E., Nerad, T.A., Shearer, C.A., Smirnov,
A.V., Spiegel, F.W. and Taylor, M.F.J.R. 2005. The new higher level
classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists.
Eukaryote Microbiology 52(5): 399-451.
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