A new freshwater species of naked lobose amoebae Korotnevella venosa n. sp. isolated from freshwater pond in St. Petersburg, Russia was studied with light and transmission electron microscopy. Basket scales of this species have six vertical columns supporting perforated rim. The latter has tongue-like broadening with membranous region. Vertical columns bifurcate at both ends so that neighboring columns are connected by their bifurcations forming combined structure. Basket scales of K. venosa are similar to those of K. hemistylolepis in having six full-length vertical columns and perforated rim. At the same time they are different in having tongue-like broadening of perforated rim with membranous region and absence of six half-length columns and an intermediate crosspiece. Phylogenetic trees based on 18S rDNA gene placed K. venosa either at the base of the whole Korotnevella clade, next to K. hemistylolepis, or as a sister to the clade comprising Korotnevella species with latticework basket in large scales.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)834–840
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Volume63
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

    Research areas

  • Korotnevella, 18S rDNA, Amoebozoa, Dactylopodida, Molecular phylogeny, Scales, Systematics, Ultrastructure

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