- also
feeds on soil nematodes. A few
other vampyrellids are
parasitic on fungi. As such,
these vampyrellids can be an
important control of
parasitic rust...
- The
vampyrellids (order Vampyrellida,
class Vampyrellidea),
colloquially known as
vampire amoebae, are a
group of free-living
predatory amoebae classified...
- and freshwater. They are
distinguished from the
superficially similar vampyrellids mainly by
having mitochondria with
discoid cristae, in the
absence of...
- are nematophages; and
those that feed on
algae are
phycotrophs (e.g.,
vampyrellids). Most
autotrophic protists are
mixotrophs and
combine photosynthesis...
-
contents of the cell,
resembling that of
folklore vampires. At present, the
vampyrellids are
placed taxonomically in the
phylum Endomyxa along with some soil...
- is
restricted to a
limited number of
green algal species. Like
other vampyrellids,
Vampyrella lateritia grows well
between 10°C and room temperature. It...
- 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...
- 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...
