Definition of Dictyostelium. Meaning of Dictyostelium. Synonyms of Dictyostelium

- Dictyostelium is a genus of single- and multi-celled eukaryotic, phagotrophic bacterivores. Though they are Protista and in no way fungal, they traditionally...
- Dictyostelium discoideum is a species of soil-dwelling amoeba belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa, infraphylum Mycetozoa. Commonly referred to as slime...
- amoebic dysentery, and the multicellular "social amoeba" or slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. Amoeba do not have cell walls, which allows for free movement...
- Dictyostelium purpureum is a species of Dictyostelium. Dictyostelium purpureum is a distinct species from D. discoideum, although it belongs in the same...
- amoebae. In Dictyostelium discoideum, aggregation is signalled by cAMP, but others use different chemicals. In the species Dictyostelium purpureum, the...
- themselves to become a dead stalk, lifting the spores up into the air. Dictyostelium discoideum is a microscopic organism. The cells can aggregate to form...
- extracellular signalling molecules, chemoattractants (e.g. cAMP for Dictyostelium cells), to extend pseudopodia at the membrane area facing the source...
- genes as markers for classification within this lineage. The slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum contains "farmer" individuals that live in ****ociation with...
- best-understood contractile vacuoles belong to the protists Paramecium, Amoeba, Dictyostelium and Trypanosoma, and to a lesser extent the green alga Chlamydomonas...
- multicellular, like slime molds and social amoebae such as the genus Dictyostelium. Multicellular organisms arise in various ways, for example by cell...