Protosteloid Amoeba Cultures Used.

Name abbreviations: t = Type cultures. Collection number = collection number of the source material used to isolate the culture/collection. Source abbreviations: supplied = supplied by, collected = isolated from substrates collected in the field, purchased = Purchased from culture collection. Culture Collection abbreviations: ATCC = American Type Culture Collection (Eumycetozoan Special Collection), UA = University of Arkansas (cryopreserved), CCAP = Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa. Food organism abbreviations: Fla20 = Serratia liquefaciens strain Florida 20 of Olive ATCC BAA-1466, M = Dyadobacter sp. strain Malaya (MAL 82 of Olive) ATCC BAA-1468, K = Tilletiopsis sp. strain Kitani of Olive, Ec = Escherichia coli ATCC 23432, Cl = Cryptococcus laurentii (kindly provided by E.F. Haskins), Rm = Rhodotorula mucilaginosa of Olive ATCC 14023, Kp = Klebsiella pneumonia ATCC 23432, F = Sphingomonas sp. Strain FLAVO ATCC BAA-1467, U = uncultured. Genbank = genbank accession number.