Proteomyxa

Proteomyxa

PROTEOMYXA, a name given by E. Ray Lankester to a group of Protozoa Sarcodina. This is an obsolete group.

Many of the species are endoparasites in living cells, mostly of Algae or Fungi, but not exclusively. At least two species of Pseudospora have been taken for reproductive stages in the life history of their hostswhence indeed the generic name. Plasmodiophora brassicae gives rise to the disease known as Hanburies or fingers and toes in Cruciferae; Lymphosporidium causes a virulent epidemic among the American brook-trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. A rcherina boltoni is remarkable for containing a pair of chlorophyll corpuscles in each cell; no nucleus has been made out, but the chlorophyll bodies divide previous to fission. It is a fresh-water form. The cells of this species form loose aggregates or filoplasmodia, like those of Mikrogromia or Leydenia.


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  • proteomyxa — pro·teo·myxa …   English syllables

  • proteomyxa — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmiksə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Proteus, sea god who could assume different shapes + New Latin myxa : a small order of obscure rhizopods of uncertain relationships usually possessing flagella at some… …   Useful english dictionary

  • πρωτεομυξίδια — τα, Ν ζωολ. υποσυνομοταξία ακτινόποδων πρωτοζώων που τα περισσότερα είναι παράσιτα τών φυκών και άλλων υδρόβιων φυτών. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αγγλ. proteomyxa < proteo (βλ. Πρωτεύς) + myxa (< μύξα)] …   Dictionary of Greek

  • -myxa — ˈmiksə noun combining form (plural myxa) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek myxa lampwick, nasal slime : one or ones consisting of or resembling slime in taxonomic names especially in protozoology Chlamydo …   Useful english dictionary

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