Dictyostelium
"Dictyostelium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of protozoa, formerly also considered a fungus. Its natural habitat is decaying forest leaves, where it feeds on bacteria. D. discoideum is the best-known species and is widely used in biomedical research.
| Descriptor ID |
D004023
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.550.200.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dictyostelium discoideum- Dictyostelium discoideum
- Dictyostelium discoideums
- discoideum, Dictyostelium
- discoideums, Dictyostelium
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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DuBose JG, Robeson MS, Hoogshagen M, Olsen H, Haselkorn TS. Complexities of Inferring Symbiont Function: Paraburkholderia Symbiont Dynamics in Social Amoeba Populations and Their Impacts on the Amoeba Microbiota. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2022 09 22; 88(18):e0128522.