Psalteriomonas lanterna explained

Psalteriomonas lanterna is a species of amoebae in the group of Heterolobosea. The cells of the flagellate stage show four nuclei, four ventral grooves and four mastigont systems, each with four flagella. It lacks a Golgi apparatus and reproduction occurs in both stages of its life cycle.^[1]

Further reading

• de Graaf. Rob M. Duarte. Isabel. van Alen. Theo A. Kuiper. Jan WP. Schotanus. Klaas. Rosenberg. Jörg. Huynen. Martijn A. Hackstein. Johannes HP. The hydrogenosomes of Psalteriomonas lanterna. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9. 1. 2009. 287. 1471-2148. 10.1186/1471-2148-9-287. 20003182. 2796672 . free .
• Book: Hackstein. J. H. P.. Rosenberg. J.. Broers. C. A. M.. Voncken. F. G. J.. Matthijs. H. C. P.. Stumm. C. K.. Vogels. G. D.. Biogenesis of Hydrogenosomes in Psalteriomonas lanterna: No Evidence for an Exogenosomal Ancestry . Eukaryotism and Symbiosis. 1997. 63–70. 10.1007/978-3-642-60885-8_6. 978-3-642-64598-3.
• Broers. Cees A. M.. Berkhout. Ron J. M.. Hua. Lin Yu. Stumm. Claudius K.. Vogels. Godfried D.. Oxygen responses of the free-living anaerobic amoeboflagellate Psalteriomonas lanterna. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 10. 3. 1992. 165–172. 0168-6496. 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1992.tb01652.x. free.
• Broers. Cees A.M.. Stumm. Claudius K.. Vogels. Godfried D.. Monoxenic cultivation of the anaerobic amoeboflagellatePsalteriomonas lanternaand isolation of the methanogenic endosymbiont. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 92. 1. 1992. 115–118. 0378-1097. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05244.x.

Notes and References

1. Broers. Cees A.M.. Stumm. Claudius K.. Vogels. Godfried D.. Brugerolle. Guy. Psalteriomonas lanterna gen. nov., sp. nov., a free-living amoeboflagellate isolated from freshwater anaerobic sediments. European Journal of Protistology. 25. 4. 1990. 369–380. 0932-4739. 10.1016/S0932-4739(11)80130-6. 23196051.