Classification of recently discovered amoeboid protists

Many groups of protists, also known as microbial eukaryotes, remain understudied. One such group, the superfamily Sainouroidea in the supergroup Rhizaria has been shown to be a molecularly diverse and divergent clade by recent environmental sequencing. Here we isolated and analyzed cultures of Saino...

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Main Author:	Schuler, Gabriel
Other Authors:	Matthew W. Brown
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Language:	en
Published:	MSSTATE 2018
Subjects:	Biological Sciences
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spelling	ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-06292018-1117202019-05-15T18:44:01Z Classification of recently discovered amoeboid protists Schuler, Gabriel Biological Sciences Many groups of protists, also known as microbial eukaryotes, remain understudied. One such group, the superfamily Sainouroidea in the supergroup Rhizaria has been shown to be a molecularly diverse and divergent clade by recent environmental sequencing. Here we isolated and analyzed cultures of Sainouroid amoebae using 18S rDNA sequencing, light microscopy, and TEM. Using a molecular species concept we described four novel genera and twelve novel species in Sainouroidea. Another understudied group Cutosea, in the supergroup Amoebozoa, contains the ATCC isolate PRA-29, which is an amoeba that has been used in many phylogenomic datasets. PRA-29 was incorrectly identified as <i>Pessonella</i> sp. Here we studied PRA-29 in detail using light microscopy, TEM, and SEM and re-classify it as <i>Armaparvus languidus</i> novel genus, novel species. We show that a cell coat of microscales separated from the cell membrane is a unique trait found in all known Cutosean amoebae. Matthew W. Brown Diana C. Outlaw Jeffery D. Silberman MSSTATE 2018-08-14 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06292018-111720/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06292018-111720/ en restricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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description	Many groups of protists, also known as microbial eukaryotes, remain understudied. One such group, the superfamily Sainouroidea in the supergroup Rhizaria has been shown to be a molecularly diverse and divergent clade by recent environmental sequencing. Here we isolated and analyzed cultures of Sainouroid amoebae using 18S rDNA sequencing, light microscopy, and TEM. Using a molecular species concept we described four novel genera and twelve novel species in Sainouroidea. Another understudied group Cutosea, in the supergroup Amoebozoa, contains the ATCC isolate PRA-29, which is an amoeba that has been used in many phylogenomic datasets. PRA-29 was incorrectly identified as <i>Pessonella</i> sp. Here we studied PRA-29 in detail using light microscopy, TEM, and SEM and re-classify it as <i>Armaparvus languidus</i> novel genus, novel species. We show that a cell coat of microscales separated from the cell membrane is a unique trait found in all known Cutosean amoebae.
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title	Classification of recently discovered amoeboid protists
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Classification of recently discovered amoeboid protists

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