title: Phylogeny of Flabellulidae (Amoebozoa: Leptomyxida) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences of the type strain of Flabellula citata Schaeffer, 1926 and newly isolated strains of marine amoebae.
abstract: New strains of non-vannellid flattened amoebae isolated from fish, an invertebrate and the marine environment were studied together with Flabellula citata Schaeffer, 1926 selected by morphology as a reference strain. The study revealed a paucity of features distinguishing individual strains at the generic level, but clearly evidenced mutual phylogenetic relationships within the assemblage of strains as well as their affiliation to the Leptomyxida. In this study, the SSU rDNA dataset of leptomyxids was expanded and a new branching pattern was presented within this lineage of Amoebozoa. Sequences of three newly introduced strains clustered in close relationship with the type strain of F. citata, the type species of the genus. Three strains, including one resembling Flamella sp., were positioned within a sister-group containing Paraflabellula spp. Results of phylogenetic analysis confirmed doubts of previous authors regarding generic assignment of several Rhizanmoeba and Ripidomnyxa strains.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovská 31,370 05 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. iva@paru.cas.cz
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dyková
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fiala
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pecková
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dvoráková
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000656:Amoeba / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054679:Ribosome Subunits, Small / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal