Proteomyxa

Proteomyxa is a name given by

Sarcodina.^[1]

Many of the species are

algae or fungi, but not exclusively. At least two species of Pseudospora have been taken for reproductive stages in the life history of their hosts—whence 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). Archerina 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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hartog, Marcus Manuel (1911). "Proteomyxa". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 471.

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[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hartog, Marcus Manuel (1911). "Proteomyxa". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 471.

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