Dictyostelium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin. Coined by German botanist and mycologist (1839–1925) Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1869 from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “fishing net”) + Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “pillar, column”) + -ium, referring to how the cells of its sorocarps' stalks visually resemble nets.[1] See stele.
Proper noun
Dictyostelium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dictyosteliidae – protozoan bacteriophages known as slime molds, once thought to be fungi.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Sarcomastigota - subkingdom; Amoebozoa - phylum; Conosa - subphylum; Dictyostelea - class; Dictyosteliida - order; Dictyosteliidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dictyostelium mucoroides - type species; see
Dictyostelium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for selected species.
References
- Sanea Sheikh; Mats Thulin; James C. Cavender; Ricardo Escalante; Shin-ichi Kawakami; Carlos Lado; John C. Landolt; Vidyanand Nanjundiah; David C. Queller; Joan E. Strassmann; Frederick W. Spiegel; Steven L. Stephenson; Eduardo M. Vadell; Sandra L. Baldauf (February 2018), “A New Classification of the Dictyostelids”, in Protist, volume 169, issue 1, , →PMID, pages 1–28
Related sites
- Dictyostelium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dictyosteliidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Dictyostelium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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