Hyperamoeba

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Hyperamoeba is a former genus of amoeboid protists, described in 1923.^[1] It has been shown to be polyphyletic, and the species formerly contained in it have been divided among the genera Physarum , Stemonitis and Didymium .^[2]

References

↑ Julia Walochnik; Rolf Michel; Horst Aspöck (2004). "A molecular biological approach to the phylogenetic position of the genus Hyperamoeba". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 51 (4): 433–440. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00391.x. PMID 15352326. S2CID 22641939.
↑ Anna Maria Fiore-Donno; Akiko Kamono; Ema E. Chao; Manabu Fukui; Thomas Cavalier-Smith (March 2010). "Invalidation of Hyperamoeba by transferring its species to other genera of Myxogastria" . Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 57 (2): 189–196. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00466.x. PMID 20113379. S2CID 1522640.

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[1] Julia Walochnik; Rolf Michel; Horst Aspöck (2004). "A molecular biological approach to the phylogenetic position of the genus Hyperamoeba". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 51 (4): 433–440. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00391.x. PMID 15352326. S2CID 22641939.

[2] Anna Maria Fiore-Donno; Akiko Kamono; Ema E. Chao; Manabu Fukui; Thomas Cavalier-Smith (March 2010). "Invalidation of Hyperamoeba by transferring its species to other genera of Myxogastria" . Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 57 (2): 189–196. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00466.x. PMID 20113379. S2CID 1522640.

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