Mastigamoeba

Mastigamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Amoebozoa
Class: Archamoebae
Family: Mastigamoebidae
Genus: Mastigamoeba
Species

M. aspera
M. balamuthi
M. hylae
M. invertens
M. longfilum
M. punctachora
M. schizophrenia
M. setosa
M. simplex

Synonyms

Phreatamoeba

Mastigamoeba is an amoeboid genus.[1][2] The exact classification is subject to debate, including the assumption that it is synonymous with Phreatamoeba.

It includes Mastigamoeba balamuthi.[3]

Mastigamoeba invertens is now classified as Breviata anathema.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Mastigamoeba". Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  2. ↑ Ruiz-Trillo, I.; Roger, A.; Burger, G.; Gray, M.; Lang, B. (2008). "A phylogenomic investigation into the origin of metazoa". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25 (4): 664–672. PMID 18184723. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn006.
  3. ↑ Gill, E.; Diaz-Triviño, S.; Barberà, M.; Silberman, J.; Stechmann, A.; Gaston, D.; Tamas, I.; Roger, A. (2007). "Novel mitochondrion-related organelles in the anaerobic amoeba Mastigamoeba balamuthi". Molecular Microbiology. 66 (6): 1306–1320. PMID 18045382. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05979.x.
  4. ↑ Walker, G.; Dacks, J.; Martin Embley, T. (2006). "Ultrastructural description of Breviata anathema, n. Gen., n. Sp., the organism previously studied as "Mastigamoeba invertens"". The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology. 53 (2): 65–78. PMID 16579808. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00087.x.
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