- The
vampyrellids (order Vampyrellida,
class Vampyrellidea),
colloquially known as
vampire amoebae, are a
group of free-living
predatory amoebae classified...
-
family currently comprises the
genus Vampyrella, and
maybe several other vampyrellid amoebae (e.g. Gobiella). The
cells are
naked and
characterised by radiating...
-
Vampyrella is a
genus of
amoebae belonging to the
vampyrellid endomyxans usually ranging from 30-60 μm.
Members of the
genus alternate between two life...
- of some controversy.
David B**** and
colleagues considered it to be a
vampyrellid within the
Endomyxa clade of Rhizaria, and the SSU rDNA
sequence isolated...
- and freshwater. They are
distinguished from the
superficially similar vampyrellids mainly by
having mitochondria with
discoid cristae, in the
absence of...
- is
restricted to a
limited number of
green algal species. Like
other vampyrellids,
Vampyrella lateritia grows well
between 10°C and room temperature. It...
- are nematophages; and
those that feed on
algae are
phycotrophs (e.g.,
vampyrellids). Most
autotrophic protists are
mixotrophs and
combine photosynthesis...
- 07.002. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 18952499. Hess S,
Suthaus A (2022). "The
Vampyrellid Amoebae (Vampyrellida, Rhizaria)". Protist. 173 (1): 125854. doi:10.1016/j...
