Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674, Cologne, Germany.
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 39762, USA.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2019 Jul;66(4):538-544. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12694. Epub 2018 Nov 9.
Myxogastria (also called Myxomycetes or plasmodial slime-moulds) are mostly known through their usually conspicuous fruiting bodies. Another unifying trait is the presence of a facultative flagellate stage along with the obligate amoeboid stage. Here we show with two-gene phylogenies (SSU rRNA and EF-1alpha genes) that the incertae sedis, non-flagellate Echinosteliopsis oligospora belongs to the dark-spore clade (Fuscisporidia) of the Myxogastria. In addition, we confirm that Echinostelium bisporum, firstly described as a protostelid, belongs to the Echinosteliida, which are divided into three major clades and are paraphyletic to the remaining Fuscisporidia.
粘菌(也称为粘菌或原生质体粘菌)主要通过其通常明显的生殖体而被人们所知。另一个统一的特征是存在兼性鞭毛阶段以及强制性变形虫阶段。在这里,我们通过双基因系统发育(SSU rRNA 和 EF-1alpha 基因)表明,位置不定的非鞭毛的 Echinosteliopsis oligospora 属于粘菌的暗孢子群(Fuscisporidia)。此外,我们还证实,最初被描述为原星虫的双孢子 Echinostelium bisporum 属于 Echinosteliida,它分为三个主要分支,与其余的 Fuscisporidia 并系。