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As
the name suggest Filamoeba is a filose amoeba. Filamoeba
appears from SSUrDNA to be related to Mastigamoeba and more
distantly to Gephyramoeba, Dictyostelium and Physarum
(Amaral Zettler et al, 2002).
Organisms grouping with Filamoeba nolandi were detected in the
naturally polluted Rio Tinto, a river with a pH of 2 and high levels of
metals dues to its waters draining from iron-rich deposits (Amaral
Zettler et al, 2002).
 Filamoeba
at the Protist Information Server
Described
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| References
Amaral Zettler, L. A., Gomez, F.,
Zettler, E., Keenan, B. G., Amils, R. & Sogin, M. L. (2002)
Eukaryotic diversity in Spain's river of fire. Nature. 417, 137.
Page, F.C.
(1983). "Marine Gymnamoebae." Inst.Terr.Ecol. NERC Cambridge,
England.
Sawyer, T.K.
(1975). "Marine amoebae from surface waters of Chincoteaque bay,
Virginia : Two new genera and nine species within the families
Mayorellidae, Flabellulidae, and Stereomyxidae." Trans.Amer.Microscop.Soc.
94(1), 71-92.
Smirnov, A.V.
(1999). "An illustrated survey of gymnamoebae isolated from
anaerobic sediments of the Niva bay (The Sound)." Ophelia 50(2),
113-148.
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