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Stygamoeba regulata BSH-02190019

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Principle Investigator(s) Laura Katz
External sample ID50892
NCGR Sample IDMMETSP0447
Sample accession numberCAM_SMPL_002576
Assembly accession numberCAM_ASM_000394
Combined Assembly NameN/A
GenusStygamoeba
Speciesregulata
StrainBSH-02190019
ClonalNo
AxenicNo
Prelim. NCBI Taxon ID0
18S rRNA
Importance of organism and transcriptomesBased on morphology, Stygamoeba regulata has been placed either in the Lobosea and Rhizopodia (Smirnov 1996), but was further considered Incertae sedis (Smirnov et al. 2005). Available molecular data (SSU-rDNA and four actin paralogs) are unable to further resolve the Incertae sedis position of this taxon (Lahr, Katz et al. In prep). Both described species are marine with lobose pseudopods and remarkably plastic morphology, including a leaf-like flattened stage transforming into an elongated, long-tapered pseudopodial stage. Stygamoeba regulata appears to be closely related to a recently isolated new marine genus Vermistella collected in Antarctica (Moran et al. 2007), but additional molecular genetic data are needed to clarify the phylogenetic status of these amoebae. Little more is known about the ecology and physiology of this taxon, though the genus can be found in near-shore sediments (Butler and Rogerson 2000). The strain available at ATCC was deposited by Tom Nerad, who is the former director of the protistology collections.
Additional citations and referencesButler, H. G., and A. Rogerson. 2000. Naked amoebae from benthic sediments in the Clyde Sea Area, Scotland. Ophelia 53:37-54.; Lahr, D. J. G., J. R. Grant, T. Nguyen, J. H. Lin, and L. A. Katz. Submitted. Comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of Amoebozoa based on concatenated analyses of SSU-rDNA and actin genes.; Moran, D. M., O. R. Anderson, M. R. Dennett, D. A. Caron, and R. J. Gast. 2007. A description of seven Antarctic marine Gymnamoebae including a new subspecies, two new species and a new genus: Neoparamoeba aestuarina antarctica n. subsp., Platyamoeba oblongata n. sp., Platyamoeba contorta n. sp and Vermistella antarctica n. gen. n. sp. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 54:169-183.; Smirnov, A., E. Nassonova, C. Berney, J. Fahrni, I. Bolivar, and J. Pawlowski. 2005. Molecular phylogeny and classification of the lobose amoebae. Protist 156:129-142.
Environmental Data
Primary citation for organism's characterization, if availableSmirnov, A. V. 1996. Stygamoeba regulata n sp (Rhizopoda) - A marine amoeba with an unusual combination of light-microscopical and ultrastructural features. Archiv Fur Protistenkunde 146:299-307.
Latitude37.26598
Longitude-76.38467
Sample collection siteAtlantic_Ocean
Other collection site infosalt marsh sediment
Sample material (e.g. "seawater," "sediment," etc.)sediment
ENVO term for habitat - primary termAcquatic: marine
ENVO term for habitat - secondary termSediment
Habitat descriptionsalt marsh
Habitatmarine habitat
CountryUNITED STATES
Experimental Data