Dictyostelids living in the soils of the Atlantic Forest, Iguazu region, Misiones, Argentina: description of new species
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Thirteen new species and varieties of dictyostelid cellular slime molds (csm) were isolated from soils of the Atlantic Subtropical Rain Forest at the Iguazú Falls, Northeastern Misiones Province, Argentina. Seven new species are described herein, one of them is a Polysphondylium, while the rest of the species belong to the genus Dictyostelium. Also, six taxa are new varieties of Dictyostelium and Acytostelium, which will be reported later. Fourteen Northern Hemisphere (Tikal) species have also been isolated from Iguazú soils, some of them new records for Southern South America. This csm community, when compared with others from forests of the Northern Hemisphere, particularly Tikal, Guatemala, give some insight into a possibly different evolutionary history and/or natural selection in the two areas.
Source: Mycologia
Authors: Eduardo M. Vadell, James C. Cavender
Institutions: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ohio University
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2138754105