Dictyostelium

Translingual thumb|Dictyostelium discoideum Etymology mul la-new -. mul Q65173 1869 from mul grc δίκτυον fishing net + mul grc στήλη pillar, column + la -ium, referring to how the cells of its sorocarps' stalks visually resemble nets.Sanea Sheikh Mats Thulin; James C. Cavender; Ricardo Escalante; Shin-ichi Kawakami; Carlos Lado; John C. Landolt; Vidyanand Nanjundiah; David C. Queller; Joan E. Strassmann; Frederick W. Spiegel; Steven L. Stephenson; Eduardo M. Vadell; Sandra L. Baldauf A New Classification of the Dictyostelids Protist 169 1 1–28 February 2018 29367151 10.1016/j.protis.2017.11.001 See en stele. Proper noun 1 n genus family Dictyosteliidae family protozoan bacteriophages known as slime molds, once thought to be fungi Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Dictyostelium mucoroides species - type species; see 1 for selected species. References 1 Dictyosteliidae 1 761419 16699 5782