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Dimorphamoeba |
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Dimorphamoeba
is my own unpublished invention, it is a proposed genus of marine
amoeba so far found in the open sea and rock pools in Scotland, S.
England, and N.W. France. The amoeba are very small (<10mm
in length, 3mm
width) when in limax mode of locomotion but able to change into a
flabellate morphology (Like Rhizamoeba, Learamoeba (Sawyer
et al, 1998)). By morphological and
life style criteria (Page, 1983), Dimorphamoeba seems to be a
member of the family, Vahlkampfiidae . So far five strains of the
proposed genus have been isolated:-
|
| Name |
Isolated |
Pellet |
Media |
| BB1 |
Bournemouth beach, open
seawater. April 2000 |
Yellow |
MY75S |
| BEM1 |
Benodet (North Western
France), Estaurine mud, July 2000 |
Yellow |
MY75S |
| GB2YK |
Gullane beach (South
East Scotland) Supra-littoral rock pool, April 2000 |
White |
MY75S |
| BD7 |
Yellowcraigs(South East
Scotland) Supra-littoral rock pool, July 2000 |
? |
MY75S |
| BM432 |
Beg Meil (North Western
France), Supra-littoral rock pool, July 2000 |
White |
MY75S |
| References
Sawyer, T.K., Nerad, T.A., Cahoon, L.B. &
Nearhoof, J.E.(1998). "Learamaeba waccamawensis, N.G., N.
Sp. (Heterolobosea: Vahlkampfiidae), a new temperature-tolerant
cyst-forming soil amoeba. J.Euk.Microbiol. 45(3):
260-264. |
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