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Amoeba (genus)
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Ammonium is the preferred source of nitrogen for planktonic foraminifer and their dinoflagellate symbionts
Anders Meibom, Charlotte Madeleine Nicole Lekieffre, Emmanuelle Geslin
The symbiotic planktonic foraminiferaOrbulina universainhabits open ocean oligotrophic ecosystems where dissolved nutrients are scarce and often limit biological productivity. It has previously been proposed thatO. universameets its nitrogen (N) requiremen ...
ROYAL SOC2020An intracellular replication niche for Vibrio cholerae in the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii
Melanie Blokesch, Catherine Maclachlan, Tiziana Scrignari, Charles Ulric V Van der Henst
Vibrio cholerae is a human pathogen and the causative agent of cholera. The persistence of this bacterium in aquatic environments is a key epidemiological concern, as cholera is transmitted through contaminated water. Predatory protists, such as amoebae, a ...
Nature Publishing Group2015Ribosomal RNA Genes Challenge the Monophyly of the Hyalospheniidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida)
Edward Mitchell, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Enrique Lara, Thierry Jean Heger
To date only five partial and two complete SSU rRNA gene sequences are available for the lobose testate amoebae (Arcellinida). Consequently, the phylogenetic relationships among taxa and the definition of species are still largely dependant on morphologica ...
2008Mechanical orchestration of tissue remodeling
After organ injury, a complex sequence of events is triggered to heal the tissue and to form a scar. Myofibroblasts, specialized contractile and secretory fibroblasts, are one of the many cell types that participate in the remodeling process. Myofibroblast ...
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