Pelomyxa is a genus of giant flagellar amoebae, usually 500–800 μm but occasionally up to 5 mm in length, found in anaerobic or microaerobic bottom sediments of stagnant freshwater ponds or slow-moving streams.

Diagnosis: Free-living amoebae from anaerobic or micro-aerophilic habitats, cells amoeboid, reaching 5 mm long with a large anterior pseudopod and a posterior uroid; shell usually spherical to elongated ovoid; one to numerous nuclei; short flagella present in most species; cytoplasm filled contains several glycogen bodies; different types of sym...

Pelomyxa Anaerobic, lacking mitochondria, peroxisomes, and hydrogenosomes. Express a polymorphic life cycle with multinucleate stages. Eumycetozoa (slime molds) Produce fruiting bodies (either a sporocarp or a sorocarp) that spawn amoeboid organisms; other life stages are uninucleate amoeboflagellates, uninucleate non-flagellate amoebae, or.

Chaos (Pelomyxa) carolinensis Chaos is a member of the phylum Sarcodina, consisting of ameoba-like organisms. The Sarcodina are heterotrophs, that is, for energy they rely on photosynthetic organisms either directly or indirectly. Their principal means of …

Aug 26, 2023 · Pelomyxa is a genus of anaerobic amoebae that live in consortia with multiple prokaryotic endosymbionts. Although the symbionts represent a large fraction of the cellular biomass, their...

Pelomyxa palustris is a giant anaerobic/microaerobic amoeba, characterized by a number of exceptional cytological and physiological features, among them the presumed absence of energy producing organelles and the presence of endosymbiotic bacteria.

Modern authors tend to consider as Pelomyxa the large or medium-sized amoebae showing a fixed polarity, with a single anterior pseudopod and a posterior urosphaera (=spherical zone ending the body, often provided with a tuft of very delicate …

Pelomyxa is a genus of amoeboid protists in the family Pelomyxidae. EOL has data for 6 attributes, including: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers …

Sep 24, 2024 · Pelomyxa is a genus of giant flagellar amoeboids, usually 500800 m but occasionally up to 5mm in length, found in anaerobic or microaerobic bottom sediments of stagnant freshwater ponds or slowmoving streams. The genus was created by R. Greeff, in 1874, with Pelomyxa palustris as its type specie.

The Pelomyxa or Chaos chaos is a very large protozoan and belongs to the Phylum Sarcodina. It has an ever changing shape and is approximately 1000-5000µm long. This is 1-5 mm! It can easily be seen with the naked eye. Shown in the picture at …