Psalteriomonas

Psalteriomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Percolozoa
Class:
Heterolobosea
Order:
Schizopyrenida
Family:
Psalteriomonadidae
Genus:
Psalteriomonas

Broers et al. 1990
Species
  • P. lanterna Broers et al. 1990
  • P. magna Pánek et al. 2012
  • "P. vulgaris" Broers et al. 1993

Psalteriomonas is a genus of excavates in the group of Heterolobosea.[1] The genus was first discovered and named in 1990. It contains amoeboflagellate cells that live in freshwater anaerobic sediments all over the world. The microtubule-organizing ribbon and the associated microfibrillar bundles of the mastigote system is the predominant feature in Psalteriomonas. This harp-shaped complex gives rise to the name of this genus.[2] Psalteriomonasforms an endosymbiotic relationship with methanogenic bacteria, especially with Methanobacterium formicicum[3] There are currently three species in this genus: P. lanterna, P. vulgaris, and P. magna.[4][5]

  1. ^ "The Amoebae". Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  2. ^ Broers CA, Stumm CK, Vogels GD, Brugerolle G (June 1990). "Psalteriomonas lanterna gen. nov., sp. nov., a free-living amoeboflagellate isolated from freshwater anaerobic sediments". European Journal of Protistology. 25 (4): 369–80. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(11)80130-6. PMID 23196051.
  3. ^ Broers CA, Stumm CK, Vogels GD (April 1992). "Monoxenic cultivation of the anaerobic amoeboflagellate Psalteriomonas lanterna and isolation of the methanogenic endosymbiont". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 92 (1): 115–8. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05244.x.
  4. ^ Broers CA, Meijers HH, Symens JC, Stumm CK, Vogels GD, Brugerolle G (February 1993). "Symbiotic association of Psalteriomonas vulgaris n. spec. with Methanobacterium formicicum". European Journal of Protistology. 29 (1): 98–105. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(11)80302-0. PMID 23195450.
  5. ^ Pánek T, Silberman JD, Yubuki N, Leander BS, Cepicka I (November 2012). "Diversity, evolution and molecular systematics of the Psalteriomonadidae, the main lineage of anaerobic/microaerophilic heteroloboseans (excavata: discoba)". Protist. 163 (6): 807–31. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.11.002. PMID 22192530.