FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Morphology and Ecology of Two New Amoebae, Isolated from a Thalassohaline Lake, Dziani Dzaha BT AF Aucher, Willy Delafont, Vincent Ponlaitiac, Elodie Alafaci, Aurélien Agogué, Hélène Leboulanger, Christophe Bouvy, Marc Héchard, Yann AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:2;6:3;7:3;8:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; C1 Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI), Equipe Microbiologie de l’Eau, Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267, Poitiers, France Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS–La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe des Gouges, 17 000 La Rochelle, France Unité MARBEC (Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation), Université de Montpellier, IRD, Ifremer, CNRS; Place Eugène Bataillon, case 063, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France C2 UNIV POITIERS, FRANCE UNIV LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE UM MARBEC IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 2.566 TC 6 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00653/76557/77676.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Arthrospira;grazing;halotolerant;Heterolobosea;thalassohaline;water AB Dziani Dzaha is a hypersaline lake (Mayotte island), whose microbial community is dominated by photosynthetic microorganisms. Here, we describe two new free-living heteroloboseans. One belonging to the Pharyngomonas genus and the other, whose 18S rRNA gene sequence shares only 85% homology to its closest relatives Euplaesiobystra hypersalinica, was proposed as a new species of this genus being called Euplaesiobystra dzianiensis. Both strains were salt tolerant to 75‰ and grew between 25 and 37 °C. Their distribution patterns varied seasonally and depended also on depth. Noticeably, both free-living amoebae isolates were able to graze on Arthrospira filaments, which are found within the same water layer. In conclusion, we document for the first time the presence and ecology of free-living amoebae in the thalassohaline lake Dziani Dzaha, and describe a new species of the Euplaesiobystra genus. PY 2020 PD DEC SO Protist SN 1434-4610 PU Elsevier BV VL 171 IS 6 UT 000600662700002 DI 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125770 ID 76557 ER EF