Phalansterium Explained

Phalansterium is a genus of single-celled flagellated organisms comprising several species, which form colonies.[1] Phalansterium produces tetraspores.[2]

Phalansterium is hard to classify; it has a distinctive ultrastructure of its pericentriolar material. Molecular evidence places it in the Amoebozoa.[3] [4]

It has been suggested that it is similar to the ancestral eukaryote.[5]

Species

Genus Phalansterium Cienkowsky 1870

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Phalansterium . Encyclopedia of Life .
  2. Web site: Guiry. M.D.. Guiry. G.M.. 2008. Phalansterium. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. 2009-02-21.
  3. 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.001 . Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium . Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Ema E. -Y. Chaoa and Brian Oates . European Journal of Protistology . 40 . 1 . 18 May 2004 . 21–48 .
  4. 16738126 . Jun 2006 . Nikolaev, Si . Berney, C . Petrov, Nb . Mylnikov, Ap . Fahrni, Jf . Pawlowski, J . Phylogenetic position of Multicilia marina and the evolution of Amoebozoa . 56 . Pt 6 . 1449–58 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63763-0 . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . https://archive.today/20120709201852/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16738126 . dead . 2012-07-09 . Free full text .
  5. Cavalier-Smith T . The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 52 . Pt 2 . 297–354 . March 2002 . 11931142 . 10.1099/00207713-52-2-297.

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