Molecular Evidence That Reticulomyxa Filosa Is A Freshwater Naked Foraminifer

@article{Pawlowski1999MolecularET,
  title={Molecular Evidence That Reticulomyxa Filosa Is A Freshwater Naked Foraminifer},
  author={Jan Pawlowski and Ignacio Bol{\'i}var and Jos{\'e} F. Fahrni and Colomban de Vargas and Samuel S. Bowser},
  journal={Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology},
  year={1999},
  volume={46}
}
ABSTRACT Reticulomyxa filosa is a freshwater protist possessing fine granular, branching and anastomosing pseudopodia and therefore traditionally placed in the class Granuloreticulosea, order Athalamida, as a sister group to the order Foraminiferida. Recent studies have revealed remarkable similarities in pseudopodial motility and ultrastructure between R. filosa and foraminifera (e.g. Allogromia laticollaris), prompting us to conduct a molecular phylogenetic analysis of these seemingly… 
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