| Strain number | NIES-3722 | |||
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| Phylum | Amoebozoa | |||
| Class | Variosea | |||
| Scientific name | Angulamoeba microcystivorans Van Wichelen & Vanormelingen | |||
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| Locality (Date of collection) | Westveld Pond, Sint-Amandsberg, Gent, Belgium (2008-06-25) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 51.06805555 / 3.77383333 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Pond Water) | |||
| History | < Van Wichelen, Jeroen < Vanormelingen, Pieter | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Vanormelingen, Pieter (2008-07-23) | |||
| Identified by | Van Wichelen, Jeroen | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Mixed (Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-3730 as food) | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
WC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 1-3 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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| Gene information | 18S rRNA ( KP719180 HM017143 ) | |||
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| Organization | ||||
| Characteristics | Predator of water bloom–forming species ; Phagotrophic ; Planktonic ; Epiphytic ; Authentic strain (Berney et al. 2015) ; Resting spore-forming | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : A1WVB | |||
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Van Wichelen, J., D'hondt, S., Claeys, M., Vyverman, W., Berney, C., Bass, D., Vanormelingen, P.
2016
A hotspot of amoebae diversity: 8 new naked amoebae associated with the planktonic bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis.
Acta Protozool.,
55,
61-87.
Keywords: Naked amoebae; Microcystis; morphology; 18S rDNA; harmful algal blooms; grazing; Europe Strain(s): 3722, 3723, 3725, 3726, 3729, 3730, 3766, 3767 DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.16.007.4942 Berney, C., Geisen, S., Van Wichelen, J., Nitsche, F., Vanormelingen, P., Bonkowski, M., Bass, D. 2015 Expansion of the 'reticulosphere': diversity of novel branching and network-forming amoebae helps to define Variosea (Amoebozoa). Protist, 166, 271-295. Keywords: Network-forming amoebae; reticulate; Variosea; Amoebozoa; molecuar phylogeny; SSU rDNA Strain(s): 3722 PubMed: 25965302 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2015.04.001 Van Wichelen, J., Van Gremberghe, I., Vanormelingen, P., Debeer, A-E., Leporcq, B., Menzel, D., Codd, G. A., Descy, J-P., Vyverman, W. 2010 Strong effects of amoebae grazing on the biomass and genetic structure of a Microcystis bloom (Cyanobacteria). Environ. Microbiol., 12, 2797-2813. Strain(s): 3722, 3726, 3730, 3766 PubMed: 20545742 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02249.x |
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