Amoebidium

Amoebidium
Amoebidium parasiticum
Amoebidium parasiticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Class: Ichthyosporea
Order: Ichthyophonida
Family: Amoebidiaceae
Genus: Amoebidium
Cienkowski, 1861[1]
Type species
Amoebidium parasiticum
Cienkowski 1861
Species[2][3][4]
  • A. appalachense
  • A. australiense
  • A. colluviei
  • A. parasiticum
  • A. recticola

Amoebidium is a genus of unicellular, symbiotic eukaryotes in the Opisthokont group Mesomycetozoea,[5] family Amoebidiidae.[6][7] Amoebidium species attach to the exoskeleton of freshwater aquatic arthropods such as midge larvae and water fleas (Daphnia).[8] The type species is Amoebidium parasiticum,[1] which is also one of the only species to be cultured axenically.[9]

  1. ^ a b Cienkowski, L. 1861. Ueber parasitische Schläuche auf Crustaceen und einigen Insektenlarven (Amoebidium parasiticum m.). Botanische Zeitung 19: 169-174.
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  3. ^ "Amoebidium". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. ^ "Amoebidium". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  5. ^ Mendoza L, Taylor JW, Ajello L (October 2002). "The class mesomycetozoea: a heterogeneous group of microorganisms at the animal-fungal boundary". Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 56: 315–44. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.56.012302.160950
  6. ^ Will Karlisle Reeves (2003). "Emendation of the family name Amoebidiaceae (Choanozoa, Mesomycetozoa, Ichthyosporea)". Comparative Parasitology. 70 (1): 78–79. doi:10.1654/1525-2647
  7. ^ Reynolds, N.K., M.E. Smith, E.D. Tretter, J. Gause, D. Heeney, M.J. Cafaro, J.F. Smith, S.J. Novak, W.A. Bourland, M.M. White. 2017. Resolving relationships at the animal-fungal divergence: A molecular phylogenetic study of the protist trichomycetes (Ichthyosporea, Eccrinida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109, 447-464.
  8. ^ Lichtwardt, R.W., M.J. Cafaro, M.M. White. 2001. The Trichomycetes: Fungal Associates of Arthropods Revised Edition. Published online http://www.nhm.ku.edu/%7Efungi/Monograph/Text/Mono.htm Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Whisler, H.C., 1960. Pure culture of the Trichomycete, Amoebidium parasiticum. Nature 186, 732-733.