Naked Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)

Observations on Pelomyxa palustris

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Pelomyxa palustris Greeff, 1874

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 10/2010. Scale bar indicates 250 µm.

Specimen of medium cell size with typical monopodial locomotion.

Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Standard, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 10 µm (2, 3).

Three images of cellular details at high magnification.

First:	Among many vacuoles and nuclei, a shell of an engulfed testacea out of the group of an Euglyphida species is visible.
Second:	Close-up of the Euglyphid test.
Third:	In the lower left a cross-section through the nucleus is visible. The nucleolus is a parietal layer beneath the cell membrane. The nuclei are enveloped with a layer of symbiotic bacteria. This is seen in the upper center of the image. Pelomyxa don´t own mitochondria, and these bacteria act like mitochondria.

For further details please look at arcella.nl/pelomyxa-palustris/.

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Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Observations on Pelomyxa palustris

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