Phalansterium
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Phalansterium is a genus of single-celled organisms comprising several species. Phalansterium produces tetraspores.
Phalansterium is hard to classify; it has a distinctive ultrastructure
of its pericentriolar material
. Molecular evidence places it in the Amoebozoa
.
It has been suggested that it is similar to the ancestral eukaryote.
Phalansterium is hard to classify; it has a distinctive ultrastructure
Ultrastructure
Ultrastructure is the detailed structure of a biological specimen, such as a cell, tissue, or organ, that can be observed by electron microscopy...
of its pericentriolar material
Pericentriolar material
Pericentriolar material is an amorphous mass of protein which makes up the part of the centrosome that surrounds the two centrioles. The PCM contains proteins responsible for microtubule nucleation and anchoring including γ-tubulin, pericentrin and ninein....
. Molecular evidence places it in the Amoebozoa
Amoebozoa
The Amoebozoa are a major group of amoeboid protozoa, including the majority that move by means ofinternal cytoplasmic flow. Their pseudopodia are characteristically blunt and finger-like,...
.
It has been suggested that it is similar to the ancestral eukaryote.