Vahlkampfiidae

Vahlkampfiidae
Naegleria fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Percolozoa
Class:	Heterolobosea
Order:	Schizopyrenida
Family:	Vahlkampfiidae
Genera [1] [2] [3]
Tetramitus Vahlkampfia

Vahlkampfiidae is a family of Heterolobosea. ^[4]

It includes the following genera: ^[1]

• Tetramitus
• Vahlkampfia

It formerly included the following genera: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Willaertia (moved to Naegleriidae)
• Monopylocystis (moved to Psalteriomonadidae)
• Naegleria (moved to Naegleriidae)
• Paravahlkampfia (not assigned to family as of 2025 ^[update] )
• Psalteriomonas (moved to Psalteriomonadidae)
• Sawyeria (synonymized with Psalteriomonas)

See also

• Gruberellidae

References

1. Pánek T, Tice AK, Corre P, Hrubá P, Žihala D, Kamikawa R, Yazaki E, Shiratori T, Kume K, Hashimoto T, Ishida KI, Hradilová M, Silberman JD, Roger A, Inagaki Y, Eliáš M, Brown MW, Čepička I (2025-01-16). "An expanded phylogenomic analysis of Heterolobosea reveals the deep relationships, non-canonical genetic codes, and cryptic flagellate stages in the group". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 204: 108289. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108289. PMID   39826589.
2. Pánek T, Silberman JD, Yubuki N, Leander BS, Čepička I (2011-12-21). "Diversity, evolution and molecular systematics of the Psalteriomonadidae, the main lineage of anaerobic/microaerophilic heteroloboseans (excavata: Discoba)". Protist. 63 (6): 807–831. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.11.002. PMID   22192530.
3. Foučková M, Uhrová K, Kubánková A, Pánek T, Čepička I (2024-01-10). "Lighting lantern above Psalteriomonadidae: Unveiling novel diversity within the genus Psalteriomonas (Discoba: Heterolobosea)". Eur J Protistol. 93: 126052. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2024.126052. PMID   38302295.
4. "Schizopyrenida". NCBI Taxonomy Browser . National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved June 2, 2009.

Further reading

• Garstecki, Tobias; Brown, Susan; De Jonckheere, Johan (29 April 2005). "Description of Vahlkampfia signyensis n. sp. (Heterolobosea), based on morphological, ultrastructural and molecular characteristics". European Journal of Protistology. 41 (2): 119–127. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2005.01.003.
• Hinkle, Gregory; Sogin, Mitchell L. (September 1993). "The Evolution of the Vahlkampfiidae as Deduced from 16S-like Ribosomal RNA Analysis". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 40 (5): 599–603. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06114.x. PMID   8401474.
• De Jonckheere, Johan (January 2007). "Molecular identification of free-living amoebae of the Vahlkampfiidae and Acanthamoebidae isolated in Arizona (USA)". European Journal of Protistology. 43 (1): 9–15. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2006.09.001. PMID   17222746.