Reticulomyxa
| Reticulomyxa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Foraminifera |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Reticulomyxa Nauss 1949 |
| Type species | |
| Reticulomyxa filosa Nauss 1949 | |
Reticulomyxa is a genus of freshwater foraminifers. It is monospecific, and the type species is Reticulomyxa filosa. It is a very large foram and does not have a test as is common for forams.[1] The organism has unique properties due to its large size and the structure of the anastamozing pseudopodia it creates and is used as a model organism for the way organelles are moved throughout the cytoplasm.[2]
References
- ↑ PAWLOWSKI, JAN; BOLIVAR, IGNACIO; FAHRNI, JOSE F.; VARGAS, COLOMBAN DE; BOWSER, SAMUEL S. (1 November 1999). "Molecular Evidence That Reticulomyxa Filosa Is A Freshwater Naked Foraminifer". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 46 (6): 612–617. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb05137.x.
- ↑ Manfred Schliwa, Takashi Shimizu, Ron D. Vale, Ursula Euteneuer. Nucleotide specificities of anterograde and retrograde organelle transport in Reticulomyxa are indistinguishable. The Journal of Cell Biology, 1991, Vol 112(6):1199-1203.
Further reading
- ↑ Gloeckner, Gernot; Huelsmann, Norbert; Schleicher, Michael (6 January 2014). "The Genome of the Forminiferan Reticulomyxa filosa". Current Biology 24 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.027. PMID 24332546. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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