| Protostelium | |
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| Protostelium mycophaga sporocarps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Variosea |
| Order: | Protosteliida Olive & Stoianovitch 1966, emend. Shadwick & Spiegel in Adl et al. 20124 |
| Family: | Protosteliidae Olive & Stoianovitch 19663 |
| Genus: | Protostelium Olive & Stoianovitch 19601 emend. Spiegel et al. 20172 |
| Type species | |
| Protostelium mycophaga Olive & Stoianovitch 1960
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| Synonyms | |
Protostelium is a genus of protosteloid amoebozoans, i.e., amoebae capable of forming simple fruiting bodies composed of a stalk and a ball of spores.6 It contains numerous species, including P. aurantium, which was initially classified in a different genus Planoprotostelium. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that Planoprotostelium branches from within the genus Protostelium, making them synonyms.2
The genus is placed in the family Protosteliidae within the monotypic order Protosteliida, which is part of a larger group of amoebozoans known as Variosea.47
Classification
Many species from the genus Protostelium have been transferred over time to other protosteloid genera. The following species remain:2
- Protostelium apiculatum Shadwick & Spiegel 2017
- Protostelium aurantium (Olive & Stoianovitch 1971) Shadwick & Spiegel 2017 (=Planoprotostelium aurantium Olive & Stoianovitch 1971)
- Protostelium mycophaga Olive & Stoianovitch 1960
- Protostelium nocturnum Spiegel 1984
- Protostelium okumukumu Spiegel, Shadwick & Hemmes 2006
References
References
- Olive, Lindsay S.; Stoianovitch, Carmen (1960). "Two new members of the Acrasiales". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 87 (1): 1–20. doi:10.2307/2483057. JSTOR 2483057.
- Shadwick, John D. L.; Silberman, Jeffery D.; Spiegel, Frederick W. (16 October 2017). "Variation in the SSUrDNA of the Genus Protostelium Leads to a New Phylogenetic Understanding of the Genus and of the Species Concept for Protostelium mycophaga (Protosteliida, Amoebozoa)". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 65 (3): 331–344. doi:10.1111/jeu.12476. PMID 29044743.
- Olive, Lindsay S.; Stoianovitch, Carmen (1 February 1966). "Schizoplasmodium, a mycetozoan genus intermediate between Cavostelium and Protostelium; a new order of Mycetozoa". The Journal of Protozoology. 13 (1): 164–171. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1966.tb01887.x. PMID 5330308.
- Adl, Sina M.; Simpson, Alastair G. B.; Lane, Christopher E.; Lukeš, Julius; Bass, David; Bowser, Samuel S.; Brown, Matthew W.; Burki, Fabien; Dunthorn, Micah; Hampl, Vladimir; Heiss, Aaron; Hoppenrath, Mona; Lara, Enrique; le Gall, Line; Lynn, Denis H.; McManus, Hilary; Mitchell, Edward A. D.; Mozley-Stanridge, Sharon E.; Parfrey, Laura W.; Pawlowski, Jan; Rueckert, Sonja; Shadwick, Laura; Schoch, Conrad L.; Smirnov, Alexey; Spiegel, Frederick W. (28 September 2012). "The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 59 (2): 429–514. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x. PMC 3483872. PMID 23020233.
- Olive, Lindsay S.; Stoianovitch, Carmen (1971). "Planoprotostelium, a new genus of protostelids". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 87 (3): 115–119. JSTOR 24334643.
- Olive, Lindsay S. (1975). The Mycetozoans. Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-526250-7.X5001-7. ISBN 978-0-12-526250-7.
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