Dictyostelium

... new broad-range perspectives on the evolution and biosynthetic capacity of this assemblage. Together with genome sequences for the amoebozoans Dictyostelium discoideum and Entamoeba histolytica, and including partial genome sequence available for A. castellanii, we used the EST data to identify ...

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When the Dictyostelium amoebae aggregate to form a migrating slug and finally a fruiting body, the founder cells become the stalk cells, the second group of cells that arrive become the sporecase and spores, and the final group ...

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... Saccharum officinarum (Noble cane) 4,787 Sorghum bicolor (Milo) 12,464 Triticum aestivum (Wheat) 35,263 Zea mays (Maize) 28,952 Dictyosteliida Dictyostelium Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold) 3,866 Apicomplexa Coccidia Toxoplasma gondii 6,005 Ascomycota Eurotiomycetes Coccidioides posadasii ...

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... to that mentioned in one of the articles, but are not quorum sensing. It's true you see cellular slime molds in genetic research, particularly Dictyostelium, since it's got a nice short genome, and a rapid life cycle. The flybase.org link is about a similar thing, drosophila (fruit fly), which ...

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... conserved features found in all cellulose synthases, including plants, but was most similar to cellulose synthases from bacteria, fungi, and Dictyostelium discoidium. However, unlike other known cellulose synthases, the predicted C. savignyi polypeptide has a degenerate cellulase-like region ...

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