Conosa

Conosa
Entamoeba histolytica cyst
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Protozoa
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Conosa
Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Infraphyla

Conosa is a grouping of Amoebozoa. It is subdivided into two Infraphyla Mycetozoa and Archamoebae.[1][2]

Conosa includes the species Dictyostelium discoideum and Entamoeba histolytica, among others.[3]


References

  1. Cavalier-Smith T (August 1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 73 (3): 203–66. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x. PMID 9809012.
  2. Bapteste E, Brinkmann H, Lee JA; et al. (February 2002). "The analysis of 100 genes supports the grouping of three highly divergent amoebae: Dictyostelium, Entamoeba, and Mastigamoeba". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (3): 1414–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.032662799. PMC 122205. PMID 11830664.
  3. Song J, Xu Q, Olsen R; et al. (December 2005). "Comparing the Dictyostelium and Entamoeba genomes reveals an ancient split in the Conosa lineage". PLoS Comput. Biol. 1 (7): e71. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010071. PMC 1314882. PMID 16362072.
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