Tour 4: Amoebozoa – the wonderous world of single-celled eukaryotes

Published: 21 August 2022
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[1] Vasily Kantsler, Jörn Dunkel, Martyn Blayney, Raymond E Goldstein (2014) Rheotaxis facilitates upstream navigation of mammalian sperm cells eLife 3:e02403
[2]    • Amoeba Protozoa
[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Deuterostome, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[4]    • Sliding amoeba - HABITANTES DEL MICROMUNDO
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Deuterostome, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[6]    • Chaos carolinense under the microscope   & at 9:21-9:28 footage from Ben Larson, @BEuplotes on Twitter
[7] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Nostriker, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[8]    • Difflugia - an amoeba in a shell
[9]    • Microscopic World - Protozoa, Amoeba Arcel...
[10] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Natural History Museum of Geneva, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[11] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Natural History Museum of Geneva, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[12] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Natural History Museum of Geneva, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[13] Photo by Susannah Porter. Used with permission
[14] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Natural History Museum of Geneva, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[15] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Natural History Museum of Geneva, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[16]    • Dictyostelium - a Cellular Slime Mold
[17] Accumulation of coronin at polar regions of dividing cells. From K. Barisic, M. Ecke, C. Heizer, M. Maniak, M. Westphal, R. Albrecht, G. Gerisch, Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany. Obtained via dictybase.org
[18]    • Spiralwaves
[19] NC4A2 cells developing on top of an agarose sheet. Contributed by David Knecht, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Obtained via dictybase.org
[20]    • 73. Development of Cellular Slime Molds, D...
[21] Movement of Cells Into an Aggregate. From R. Firtel, UCSD. Obtained via dictybase.org
[22]    • Dino Megazord First Battle | Mighty Morphi...
[23] Prestalk cells in slugs. From D. Dormann, T. Abe, J. Williams, and C. Weijer, University of Dundee. Obtained via dictybase.org
[24] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[25] Prestalk cells during culmination. From D. Dormann, T. Abe, J. Williams, and C. Weijer, University of Dundee. Obtained via dictybase.org
[26] SEM of the Dictyostelium Developmental Stages by M.J. Grimson & R.L. Blanton. Obtained via dictybase.org
[27] Colorized Light Micrograph: Section Through Developing Culminant by M.J. Grimson & R.L. Blanton. Obtained via dictybase.org
[28] Dictyostelium Development. Time-lapse video showing development from the center of a bacterial clone. From Marko Kaksonen, University of Geneva. Obtained via dictybase.org
[29] Cell tracks on agarose. Contributed by David Knecht, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Obtained via dictybase.org
[30] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... by David Brown & Joan E. Strassmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
[31] Aggregation towards cAMP. Aggregation of D. discoideum ameobae towards cAMP, lower magnification. From R. Firtel, University of California, San Diego. Obtained via dictybase.org

Special thanks to Susannah Porter and Dan Lahr for scientific input.

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