Phylogeny of lobose amoebae based on actin and small-subunit ribosomal RNA genes |
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Authors: | Fahrni José F Bolivar Ignacio Berney Cédric Nassonova Elena Smirnov Alexey Pawlowski Jan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. jose.fahrni@zoo.unige.ch |
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Abstract: | Lobose amoebae are abundant free-living protists and important pathogenic agents, yet their evolutionary history and position in the universal tree of life are poorly known. Molecular data for lobose amoebae are limited to a few species, and all phylogenetic studies published so far lacked representatives of many of their taxonomic groups. Here we analyze actin and small-subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequences of a broad taxon sampling of naked, lobose amoebae. Our results support the existence of a monophyletic Amoebozoa clade, which comprises all lobose amoebae examined so far, the amitochondriate pelobionts and entamoebids, and the slime molds. Both actin and SSU rRNA phylogenies distinguish two well-defined clades of amoebae, the "Gymnamoebia sensu stricto" and the Archamoebae (pelobionts + entamoebids), and one weakly supported and ill-resolved group comprising some naked, lobose amoebae and the Mycetozoa. |
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Keywords: | actin Amoebozoa Lobosea molecular phylogeny small-subunit ribosomal RNA |
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