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Pelomyxa is a
genus of
giant flagellar amoebae,
usually 500–800 μm but
occasionally up to 5 mm in length,
found in
anaerobic or
microaerobic bottom sediments...
- C.
carolinensis was once
placed in the
genus Pelomyxa alongside the
giant multinucleate amoeba Pelomyxa palustris. Recently,
molecular phylogenetic studies...
- flagella. Most have a
single nucleus and flagellum, but the
giant amoeba Pelomyxa has many of each.
Archamoebae are a
diverse group of amoebae. Many have...
- are microscopic, but some species, such as the so-called "giant amoebae"
Pelomyxa palustris and
Chaos carolinense, can be
large enough to see with the naked...
- eukaryotes, such as the
metamonads Giardia and Trichomonas, and the
amoebozoan Pelomyxa,
appear to lack mitochondria, but all
contain mitochondrion-derived organelles...
-
includes many of the best-known
amoeboid organisms, such as Chaos, Entamoeba,
Pelomyxa and the
genus Amoeba itself.
Species of
Amoebozoa may be
either s****ed...
- cells. The
daughter cells so
produced undergo further mitosis.
Opalina and
Pelomyxa reproduce in this way.
Fragmentation in
multicellular or
colonial organisms...
-
primitively lacked mitochondria. Like
Margulis and
others before (see
Pelomyxa), Cavalier-Smith
argued that the
initial ancestor of
eukaryotes emerged...
-
excludes some
organisms traditionally regarded as "lobosean", such as
Pelomyxa and
Entamoeba (Amoebozoa) and some
Heterolobosea (Excavata). The subphylum...
-
small subunit ribosomal RNA gene
found in
amitochondriate amoeboflagellate Pelomyxa palustris: its rRNA
predicted secondary structure and
phylogenetic implication"...
