Sappinia dangeardi

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Sappinia dangeardi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Discosea
Order: Thecamoebida
Family: Thecamoebidae
Genus: Sappinia
Species:
S. dangeardi
Binomial name
Sappinia dangeardi
Henderson & Brown 2024 [1]
Type strain
BF22-2A

Sappinia dangeardi is a species of amoebae belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa. [2] It is a terrestrial species found growing on cow dung from a farm in Starkville, Mississippi.

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Etymology

The specific epithet, dangeardi, was chosen in recognition of the author Pierre Clement Augustin Dangeard, who originally described the genus Sappinia . [3]

Description

Sappinia dangeardi is a species of amoeba belonging to the genus Sappinia , which occasionally exhibits a 'standing' behavior where the cell attaches to the substrate and pushes most of its mass into the open air. [4] In particular, S. dangeardi cells are significantly larger than other species such as S. pedata, both in length and width, as well as in height regarding 'standing' cells. [5]

Taxonomy

Sappinia dangeardi is a species described in 2024 by protistologists Tristan C. Henderson and Matthew W. Brown on a journal article published with other coauthors in the European Journal of Protistology . It was described from amoebae isolated from cow dung at Byrum Farm, Mississippi, USA. These amoebae were cultured on agar and fed with E. coli . The researchers examined the fine morphology of these microbes. [4] Through sequencing of the SSU rDNA gene, the microbes were assessed as members of the genus Sappinia but phylogenetically distinct from all other known species. [6]

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  • * Adl, Sina M.; Bass, David; Lane, Christopher E.; Lukeš, Julius; Schoch, Conrad L.; Smirnov, Alexey; Agatha, Sabine; Berney, Cedric; Brown, Matthew W.; Burki, Fabien; et al. (2019). "Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (1): 4–119. doi:10.1111/JEU.12691. PMC   6492006 . PMID   30257078.
  • Henderson, Tristan C.; Garcia-Gimeno, Lucia; Beasley Jr., Charles E.; Fry, Nicholas W.; Bess, Jayden; Brown, Matthew W. (2024). "High above the rest: standing behaviors in the amoebae of Sappinia and Thecamoeba". European Journal of Protistology. 94: 126082. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2024.126082 . PMID   38703601.