Dictyostelid Cellular Slime Molds from the Russian Far East

Wenxiu Li; Yuhua Wei; Yue Zou; Pu Liu; Zhuang Li; Andrey A Gontcharov; Steven L Stephenson; Qi Wang; Shunhang Zhang; Yu Li

doi:10.1016/j.protis.2020.125756

Dictyostelid Cellular Slime Molds from the Russian Far East

Protist. 2020 Nov;171(5):125756. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125756. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Authors

Wenxiu Li¹, Yuhua Wei¹, Yue Zou¹, Pu Liu², Zhuang Li³, Andrey A Gontcharov⁴, Steven L Stephenson⁵, Qi Wang¹, Shunhang Zhang¹, Yu Li⁶

Affiliations

¹ Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
² Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: puliu1982@yahoo.com.
³ Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Institute of Biology and Soil Science FEB RAS, 100-letia Vladivostoka prospect, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia.
⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
⁶ Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: fungi966@126.com.

PMID: 33126017
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125756

Abstract

Dictyostelid cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) are important soil microorganisms that feed mostly on bacteria in the soil and leaf litter layer. The Russian Far East is the easternmost part of Russia and thus is located in the Middle East of Siberia. In September 2018, 14 samples of mixed soil/humus were collected from the most southeastern portion of the Russian Far East, including Sakhalin Island, Ussuriysk and Vladivostok, and then processed for dictyostelids. Seven species in four genera were recovered. Four of these species (Cavenderia fasciculata, Heterostelium tenuissimum, Dictyostelium longosporum and Polysphondylium patagonicum) were recorded for the first time from Russia, and one species (H. multibrachiatum sp. nov.) in described herein as new to science.

Keywords: Cavenderia; Cellular slime molds; Dictyostelium; Heterostelium; Polysphondylium; taxonomy..

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dictyosteliida / classification*
Dictyosteliida / genetics
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
Russia
Soil / parasitology*
Species Specificity

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
Soil