The overlooked amoebae of an agroecosystem of black soil land in China: five new species of dictyostelids.

ABSTRACT: China's northeastern black soil region, a global black soil hotspot, is vital for supporting national food security with its fertile and agricultural-friendly soil. The dictyostelids are well-known eukaryotic microorganisms with an unusual multicellular stage in their life cycle, and they inhabit surface soils worldwide. Although numerous species have been isolated from forest ecosystems and their remarkable biological activities have been reported, species of plant-associated dictyostelids of agroecosystems remain surprisingly understudied, especially in the agroecosystems of the black soil region of Jilin Province. In this study, the diversity of this group was evaluated based on corn, cabbage, and soybean soil samples from black soil land, including mollisol and chernozem soil types in

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12285224 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature