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of living trees, decaying wood and other types of dead plant matter. Some species are aquatic; they live on dead plant parts submerged in a pond. Others live on the petals of living flowers and on living tree leaves. Since protosteloid amoebae eat bacteria, yeasts, and fungal spores in the
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of protosteloid amoebae groups them all according to fruiting bodies, mostly leaving out characteristics of the amoebae. Recent studies have shown that all protosteloid amoebae studied to date are probably included in the group known as
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Eumycetozoa. However, protosteloid amoebae are not all closely related and some fall within groups of amoebae in which the other amoebae are nonfruiting. Therefore, it appears that the ability to make fruiting bodies may have
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needle and moving them onto agar in a fresh petri plate that has been smeared with a bacterium or yeast upon which the protosteloid amoeba species has been known to grow. If the spores
188:. The name can vary depending upon the taxon used. Other names include Protostelea, Protostelia, and Protostelida. When not implying a specific level of classification, the term
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Since protosteloid amoebae are microscopic one must bring their substrates, dead plant matter, into the laboratory to find them. Dead plant matter is placed on the
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Distribution of Protostelids in Tropical Forests of the Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico".
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Landolt, John C.; John D.L. Shadwick; Steven L. Stephenson (30 December 2008). "First records of dictyostelids and protostelids from
Ascension Island".
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Shadwick, J. D.L.; Stephenson, S. L.; Spiegel, F. W. (2009). "Distribution and ecology of protostelids in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park".
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Spiegel, Frederick W.; John D. L. Shadwick; Lora A. Lindley; Matt Brown; Don E. Hemmes (2007). "Protostelids of the
Hawaiian archipelago".
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Lindley, Lora A.; Steven L. Stephenson; Frederick W. Spiegel (1 July 2007). "Protostelids and myxomycetes isolated from aquatic habitats".
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then the protostelid begins eating the food organism and a culture is established.
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529:"Protosporangium: a New Genus of Protostelids"
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202:amoebae, also called protostelids, are
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811:. New York: Academic press.
749:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A
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1078:. The Eumycetozoan Project
1050:10.3852/mycologia.99.4.504
805:Olive, Lindsay S. (1975).
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170:Protostelea/Protostelia
1071:Spiegel, Frederick W.
554:"www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"
364:, stems and leaves of
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347:Protostelium mycophaga
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130:Families and genera
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761:1997PNAS...9412007B
616:2015PLoSO..1019248R
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387:Antarctic peninsula
218:. All species are
196:is sometimes used.
194:protosteloid amoeba
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266:Planoprotostelium
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2639:
2636:Coremiostelium
2632:
2627:
2621:
2619:
2613:
2612:
2610:
2609:
2604:
2602:Cavenderiaceae
2598:
2596:
2594:Acytosteliales
2587:
2586:
2578:
2576:
2567:
2549:
2548:
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2496:
2489:
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2468:
2461:
2454:
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2444:
2438:
2437:
2435:
2434:
2427:
2420:
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2408:
2406:Mastigamoebida
2402:
2400:
2391:
2377:
2376:
2373:
2372:
2370:
2369:
2367:Squamamoebidae
2364:
2359:
2353:
2351:
2342:
2333:
2327:
2326:
2323:
2322:
2319:
2318:
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2313:Vexilliferidae
2310:
2304:
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2296:
2295:
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2080:
2078:
2077:
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2036:
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1924:Phryganellidae
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1898:
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1895:
1894:
1887:
1880:
1873:
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1828:Proplagiopyxis
1824:
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1810:
1803:
1796:
1789:
1782:
1775:
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1761:
1754:
1747:
1740:
1733:
1726:
1723:Lamptoquadrula
1719:
1712:
1705:
1698:
1691:
1684:
1681:Geoplagiopyxis
1677:
1670:
1663:
1656:
1649:
1646:Ellipsopyxella
1642:
1635:
1628:
1621:
1614:
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1404:
1399:
1389:
1379:
1378:
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1372:
1367:
1362:
1357:
1356:
1355:
1343:Diaphoretickes
1340:
1335:
1330:
1325:
1320:
1315:
1307:
1306:
1303:
1302:
1297:
1295:
1294:
1287:
1280:
1272:
1265:
1264:
1245:(4): 616–625.
1229:
1200:10.3852/08-167
1194:(3): 320–328.
1178:
1127:
1108:
1089:
1063:
1044:(4): 504–509.
1028:
966:
912:
877:
870:
832:
817:
794:
735:
692:
657:
590:
565:
545:
519:
517:
514:
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419:
382:
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338:
335:
309:
306:
305:
304:
303:
302:
288:
287:
286:
272:
271:
270:
262:
251:Cavosteliaceae
243:
242:Classification
240:
162:Protosteliales
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138:Cavosteliaceae
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3377:
3374:
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3336:
3330:
3326:
3321:
3317:
3313:
3308:
3304:
3300:
3295:
3291:
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3282:
3278:
3274:
3269:
3265:
3261:
3256:
3252:
3247:
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3222:
3221:
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3118:
3117:
3113:
3111:
3110:
3106:
3104:
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3096:
3095:Oscillosignum
3092:
3090:
3089:
3085:
3083:
3082:
3078:
3076:
3075:
3074:Malpighamoeba
3071:
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3064:
3062:
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2848:
2846:
2842:
2836:
2833:
2832:
2830:
2828:
2824:
2821:
2818:(dark-spored)
2815:
2811:
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2794:
2792:
2791:Dianemataceae
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2722:
2721:
2719:
2717:
2713:
2710:
2708:
2704:
2701:
2695:
2691:
2688:
2685:(Myxomycetes)
2682:
2678:
2672:
2669:
2667:
2664:
2663:
2661:
2659:
2655:
2645:
2644:
2640:
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2628:
2626:
2623:
2622:
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2608:
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2600:
2599:
2597:
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2584:
2580:
2579:
2577:
2575:
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2568:
2560:
2554:
2550:
2544:
2543:Holomastigida
2541:
2539:
2536:
2532:
2529:
2527:
2524:
2522:
2519:
2518:
2517:
2514:
2512:
2511:Protosteliida
2509:
2507:
2504:
2502:
2501:
2500:Phalansterium
2497:
2495:
2494:
2490:
2488:
2487:
2483:
2481:
2480:
2476:
2474:
2473:
2469:
2467:
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2465:Darbyshirella
2462:
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2288:
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2262:Dermamoebidae
2260:
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2255:
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2244:Thecamoebidae
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2240:
2239:Stenamoebidae
2237:
2236:
2234:
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2228:
2225:
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2206:
2204:
2201:
2200:
2198:
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2192:
2186:
2183:
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2180:Parvamoebidae
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2172:Himatismenida
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2149:Acanthopodida
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2876:Stemonitidia
2716:Cribrariales
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2521:Acramoebidae
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2357:Idionectidae
2349:Squamocutida
2308:Paramoebidae
2267:Mayorellidae
2254:Dermamoebida
2231:Thecamoebida
2140:Centramoebia
2122:Stygamoebida
2044:Lamtopyxidae
2000:Heleoperidae
1972:Excentrosoma
1963:Difflugiidae
1951:Longithecina
1901:Organoconcha
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