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Descriptor English: Dictyostelium
Descriptor Spanish: Dictyostelium
Descriptor Dictyostelium
Entry term(s) Dictyostelium discoideum
Scope note: Género de protozoo previamente considerado un hongo. Su habitat natural son las hojas caídas en los bosques donde se alimentan de bacterias. La especie mejor conocida, ampliamente utilizada en investigación biomédica, es D. discoideum.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dictyostelium
Descriptor French: Dictyostelium
Entry term(s): Dictyostelium discoideum
Dictyostelium discoideums
Dictyosteliums
discoideum, Dictyostelium
Tree number(s): B01.046.550.200.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004023
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Myxomycetes (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 79; see MYXOMYCETES 1975-78
History Note: 79(75)
DeCS ID: 4058
Unique ID: D004023
NLM Classification: QX 55
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Dictyostelium - Preferred
Concept UI M0006311
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Dictyostelium
Entry term(s) Dictyosteliums
Dictyostelium discoideum - Narrower
Concept UI M0006312
Preferred term Dictyostelium discoideum
Entry term(s) Dictyostelium discoideums
discoideum, Dictyostelium



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