Four New Species of Dictyostelids from Soil Systems in Northern Thailand
(2022) In Journal of Fungi 8(6).- Abstract
Dictyostelid cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) are ubiquitous microorganisms found in the uppermost layers of most soils. Reports on the species diversity of dictyostelids in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, are few in number. A survey for dictyostelids performed in northern Thailand in 2008 recovered 15 distinctive forms, including several common species and a number of forms morphologically different from anything already described. Five of the latter were formally described as new to science in a previous paper. An additional five isolates appeared to be morphologically distinct, and this was supported by DNA sequence data and phylogenetic analysis. These isolates representing four species are described herein as species new... (More)
Dictyostelid cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) are ubiquitous microorganisms found in the uppermost layers of most soils. Reports on the species diversity of dictyostelids in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, are few in number. A survey for dictyostelids performed in northern Thailand in 2008 recovered 15 distinctive forms, including several common species and a number of forms morphologically different from anything already described. Five of the latter were formally described as new to science in a previous paper. An additional five isolates appeared to be morphologically distinct, and this was supported by DNA sequence data and phylogenetic analysis. These isolates representing four species are described herein as species new to science. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of these new species are provided.
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- author
- Cavender, James C. ; Vadell, Eduardo M. ; Perrigo, Allison L. LU ; Landolt, John C. ; Stephenson, Steven L. and Liu, Pu
- publishing date
- 2022-06
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- biodiversity, Cavenderia, cellular slime molds, species concept, taxonomy
- in
- Journal of Fungi
- volume
- 8
- issue
- 6
- article number
- 593
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- pmid:35736076
- scopus:85131793016
- ISSN
- 2309-608X
- DOI
- 10.3390/jof8060593
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Funding Information: Funding: The collecting performed in Thailand was supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (to S.L.S, grant No. 0701464.), whereas some of the laboratory research was supported by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (to P.L., grants No. 32070009 and 31870015) and the Science and Technology Development Program of Jilin Province (to P.L., grant No. 20200801068GH). Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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- f3b073d7-b5b0-4e4f-b13f-89b6e7f55221
- date added to LUP
- 2023-02-22 11:40:03
- date last changed
- 2024-04-18 18:59:18
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