Chaos is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae. The largest and best-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" Chaos carolinensis, can reach lengths of 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. Members of the genus closely resemble those of genus Amoeba … See more Chaos species are versatile heterotrophs, able to feed on bacteria, algae, other protists, and even small multicellular invertebrates. Like all Amoebozoa, they take in food by phagocytosis, encircling food particles with … See more The genus Chaos has had a long and often confusing history. In 1755, Rösel von Rosenhof saw and depicted an amoeboid he named "der kleine Proteus" ("the little Proteus"). Three … See more • Amoebae on the Web • The Amoebae • Microworld See more The cell's membrane, or plasmalemma, is extremely flexible, allowing the organism to change shape from one moment to the next. The cytoplasm within the membrane is conventionally described as having two parts: the internal fluid, or endoplasm, which contains … See more Until quite recently, the genus Chaos was included, along with all other protists that extend lobose pseudopods or move about by protoplasmic flow, in the phylum Sarcodina. Molecular phylogenies based on the examination of ribosomal DNA, have shown that … See more WebSep 4, 2024 · Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Since the description of the genus Arcobacter in 1991, a total of 27 species have been described, although some species have shown 16S rRNA similarities below 95%, which is the cut-off that usually separates species that belong to different genera. The …

Pelomyxa Carolinensis (Wilson) or Chaos Chaos (Linnaeus)

WebChaos is a genus of giant amoebae. The largest and best known species, Chaos carolinensis, can reach lengths of 5mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. Members of the genus closely resemble Amoeba, and share the same general morphology, producing numerous cylindrical pseudopods, each of which is rounded at the tip. WebChaos is a genus of amoebae, in the family Amoebidae. The largest and best-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" (Chaos carolinense), can reach lengths of 5 mm, … sidebar fixed on scroll bootstrap

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WebA multinucleate amoeba, Parachaos zoochlorellae (Willumsen 1982) comb. nov., and a proposed division of the genus Chaos into the genera Chaos and Parachaos (Gymnamoebia, Amoebidae). Archiv für Protistenkunde 134(4): 303–313. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(87)80002-7 Reference page. WebThe genus Arcobacter was created by Vandamme et al. (1991) to accommodate Gram-negative, curved-shaped bacteria belonging to two species Campylobacter cryaerophila (now Arcobacter cryaerophilus) and Campylobacter nitrofigilis (now A. nitrofigilis ), considered atypical campylobacters due to their ability to grow at lower temperatures … WebStiles and Hassall (1905), if the genus X-us, 1890 without designated type has species albus, niger and x-us, the species x-us becomes type of the genus X-us by absolute tautonymy. Panagrellus redivivus (Fig. 1) seems to have its origin in the nematode described as Chaos redivivum by Linnaeus in 1767. The specific epithet is from the Latin sidebar examples web page