Rhogostoma minus is a species of thecate amoeba that belongs to the phylum Cercozoa. It was first described by Belar in 1921.[1] These amoebae are heterotrophic, which means that they consume other organisms for nutrition. The cells of Rhogostoma minus are typically between 8 and 12 µm in diameter and are surrounded by a protective organic covering called a theca.[2] The theca has a unique cleft-like opening that allows the amoebae to extend and retract thread-like projections called filose pseudopodia.[3] The amoebae move along surfaces by pulling themselves forward using their pseudopodia.
| Rhogostoma minus | |
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| Dorsal view, with visible cleft-like aperture and extended pseudoodium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Thecofilosea |
| Family: | Rhogostomidae |
| Genus: | Rhogostoma |
| Species: | R. minus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhogostoma minus Belar, 1921
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Rhogostoma minus can be found in various environments, including freshwater, soil, and wastewater.[4] In fact, researchers have discovered that Rhogostoma minus forms an endosymbiotic relationship with certain bacteria called Gammaproteobacteria, which belong to the order Legionellales, in wastewater treatment plants.[5]
References edit
- ^ Belar, Karl (1921). "Untersuchungen über Thecamöben der Chlamydophrys-Gruppe". Arch Protistenkd. 43: 287–354.
- ^ Howe, Alexis T.; Bass, David; Scoble, Josephine M.; Lewis, Rhodri; Vickerman, Keith; Arndt, Hartmut; Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2011-04-01). "Novel Cultured Protists Identify Deep-branching Environmental DNA Clades of Cercozoa: New Genera Tremula, Micrometopion, Minimassisteria, Nudifila, Peregrinia". Protist. 162 (2): 332–372. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.10.002. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 21295519.
- ^ "Rhogostoma minus – Microworld". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ Öztoprak, Hüsna; Walden, Susanne; Heger, Thierry; Bonkowski, Michael; Dumack, Kenneth (2020). "What Drives the Diversity of the Most Abundant Terrestrial Cercozoan Family (Rhogostomidae, Cercozoa, Rhizaria)?". Microorganisms. 8 (8): 1123. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8081123. ISSN 2076-2607. PMC 7463998. PMID 32722603.
- ^ Pohl, Nina; Solbach, Marcel Dominik; Dumack, Kenneth (2021-09-15). "The wastewater protist Rhogostoma minus (Thecofilosea, Rhizaria) is abundant, widespread, and hosts Legionellales". Water Research. 203: 117566. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117566. ISSN 0043-1354. PMID 34438261.
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