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Myxomycete biodiversity revealed in the Namib desert
| العنوان: | Myxomycete biodiversity revealed in the Namib desert |
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| المؤلفون: | Stephenson, S.L., de Basanta, D.W, Lado, Carlos, Estrada-Torres, A., Darrah, R. |
| المساهمون: | National Geographic Society, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | Digital.CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas / Spanish National Research Council) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Amoebozoa, Arid ecoregion, Eumycetozoa, Desert microbiota, Distribution, Free-living protists |
| الوصف: | This paper describes the results from a survey for myxomycetes (plasmodial slime molds or myxogastrids) in the Namib Desert. There are no previous records of this group of organisms from Namibia, so the results are all first records for the country and demonstrate that even the world's oldest desert has a surprising number of these visible and important microorganisms, which form an integral part of the desert microbiota. The survey recovered eight species that have never previously been reported from any country in Africa, and reveals the presence of two species Physarum atacamense and Licea eremophila, recently described from arid areas in South America. Three of the species collected are possibly new to science, but there was insufficient material to develop formal descriptions. Comments on the most interesting collections are included, and the results are compared with surveys for myxomycetes in other arid environments. These results show similarities with the coastal desert of Peru, as well as a disjunct distribution and evidence of area specificity. The fact that deserts harbor a notable diversity of myxomycetes is confirmed. ; The research reported herein was supported by a grant from the National Geographic Society grant number 9379-13 to S.L. Stephenson. The research permit was issued by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Government of the Republic of Namibia; research permit number 1988/2014. The Myxotropic project (CGL2014-52584P), funded by the Spanish government (CSIC), provided technical support for laboratory work. We are grateful to Gillian Maggs-Kölling and her team at the Gobabeb Research and Training centre (www.gobabebtrc.org) for their help on the ground in Namibia, and to Carlos de Mier (RJB) for his help with the graphics. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| تدمد: | 0254-6299 |
| العلاقة: | Publisher's version; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.06.002Test; Sí; South African Journal of Botany 124: 402- 413 (2019); http://hdl.handle.net/10261/247262Test; http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837Test; http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006363Test |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.06.002 |
| DOI: | 10.13039/501100004837 |
| DOI: | 10.13039/100006363 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.06.002Test https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837Test https://doi.org/10.13039/100006363Test http://hdl.handle.net/10261/247262Test |
| حقوق: | open |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4D379168 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 02546299 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.06.002 |