Physiology and Biochemistry of Myxomycetes

Wang, Qi; Liu, Yu; Liu, Pu

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“…This character may have been secondarily lost in the genus Echinostelium (Fiore-Donno et al 2012), or not yet developed, since a faint melanization has never been ruled out for this genus. Members of the Lucisporomycetidae never possess highly melanized spores (with melanin giving visible color); instead, the evolution of various other spore pigments occurred independently within this subclass (Wang et al 2017).…”

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Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes

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The traditional classification of the Myxomycetes (Myxogastrea) into five orders (Echinosteliales, Liceales, Trichiales, Stemonitidales and Physarales), used in all monographs published since 1945, does not properly reflect evolutionary relationships within the group. Reviewing all published phylogenies for myxomycete subgroups together with a 18S rDNA phylogeny of the entire group serving as an illustration, we suggest a revised hierarchical classification, in which taxa of higher ranks are formally named according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants. In addition, informal zoological names are provided. The exosporous genus Ceratiomyxa, together with some protosteloid amoebae, constitute the class Ceratiomyxomycetes. The class Myxomycetes is divided into a bright- and a dark-spored clade, now formally named as subclasses Lucisporomycetidae and Columellomycetidae, respectively. For bright-spored myxomycetes, four orders are proposed: Cribrariales (considered as a basal group), Reticulariales, a narrowly circumscribed Liceales and Trichiales. The dark-spored myxomycetes include five orders: Echinosteliales (considered as a basal group), Clastodermatales, Meridermatales, a more narrowly circumscribed Stemonitidales and Physarales (including as well most of the traditional Stemonitidales with durable peridia). Molecular data provide evidence that conspicuous morphological characters such as solitary versus compound fructifications or presence versus absence of a stalk are overestimated. Details of the capillitium and peridium, and especially how these structures are connected to each other, seem to reflect evolutionary relationships much better than many characters which have been used in the past.

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“…Columella and capillitium absent. Peridium perforated or nearly intact, encrusted with calcium-containing structures, the so-called dictydine granules (Stephenson et al 2004, Lado and Eliasson, 2017, Wang et al 2017. Spores often collapse when dry.…”

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Slime molds as a valuable source of antimicrobial agents

Tafakori

2021

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Given the emerging multidrug-resistant pathogens, the number of effective antimicrobial agents to deal with the threat of bacterial and fungal resistance has fallen dramatically. Therefore, the critical solution to deal with the missing effective antibiotics is to research new sources or new synthetic antibiotics. Natural products have different advantages to be considered antimicrobial agents. There are different natural sources for antimicrobial agents, such as bacteria, fungi, algae, slime molds, and plants. This article has focused on antibiotics from slime molds, especially Myxomycetes. The reason why slime molds have been chosen to be studied is their unique bioactive metabolites, especially over the past couple of decades. Some of those metabolites have been demonstrated to possess antibiotic activities. Hence, this article has focused on the potential of these creatures as an alternative source of antibiotics.

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Physiology and Biochemistry of Myxomycetes

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Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes

Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes

Slime molds as a valuable source of antimicrobial agents

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