Capsaspora

Capsaspora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Class:	Filasterea
Order:	Ministeriida
Family:	Capsasporidae; Cavalier-Smith, 2008
Genus:	Capsaspora; Hertel, Bayne & Loker 2002
Species:	C. owczarzaki
Binomial name
	Capsaspora owczarzaki; Hertel, Bayne & Loker 2002

Capsaspora is a monotypic genus containing the single species Capsaspora owczarzaki. C. owczarzaki is a single-celled eukaryote that occupies a key phylogenetic position in our understanding of the origin of animal multicellularity, as one of the closest unicellular relatives to animals. It is, together with Ministeria vibrans, a member of the Filasterea clade (see “Taxonomy” below). This amoeboid protist has been pivotal to unravel the nature of the unicellular ancestor of animals, which has been proved to be much more complex than previously thought.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Hertel L. A.; Bayne C. J.; Loker, E. S. (August 2002), "The symbiont Capsaspora owczarzaki, nov. gen. nov. sp., isolated from three strains of the pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata is related to members of the Mesomycetozoea", International Journal for Parasitology, 32 (9): 1183–91, doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00066-8, PMID 12117501
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^ Suga, Hiroshi; Chen, Zehua; Mendoza, Alex de; Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau; Brown, Matthew W.; Kramer, Eric; Carr, Martin; Kerner, Pierre; Vervoort, Michel (2013-08-14). "The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals". Nature Communications. 4: 2325. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.2325S. doi:10.1038/ncomms3325. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 3753549. PMID 23942320.
^ Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau; Ballaré, Cecilia; Parra-Acero, Helena; Chiva, Cristina; Tena, Juan J.; Sabidó, Eduard; Gómez-Skarmeta, José Luis; Croce, Luciano Di; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2016). "The Dynamic Regulatory Genome of Capsaspora and the Origin of Animal Multicellularity". Cell. 165 (5): 1224–1237. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.03.034. PMC 4877666. PMID 27114036.
^ Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau; Peña, Marcia Ivonne; Capella-Gutiérrez, Salvador; Antó, Meritxell; Gabaldón, Toni; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki; Sabidó, Eduard (2016). "High-Throughput Proteomics Reveals the Unicellular Roots of Animal Phosphosignaling and Cell Differentiation". Developmental Cell. 39 (2): 186–197. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2016.09.019. hdl:10230/32237. PMID 27746046.

[Hertel-1] Hertel L. A.; Bayne C. J.; Loker, E. S. (August 2002), "The symbiont Capsaspora owczarzaki, nov. gen. nov. sp., isolated from three strains of the pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata is related to members of the Mesomycetozoea", International Journal for Parasitology, 32 (9): 1183–91, doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00066-8, PMID 12117501

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[3] Suga, Hiroshi; Chen, Zehua; Mendoza, Alex de; Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau; Brown, Matthew W.; Kramer, Eric; Carr, Martin; Kerner, Pierre; Vervoort, Michel (2013-08-14). "The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals". Nature Communications. 4: 2325. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.2325S. doi:10.1038/ncomms3325. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 3753549. PMID 23942320.

[4] Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau; Ballaré, Cecilia; Parra-Acero, Helena; Chiva, Cristina; Tena, Juan J.; Sabidó, Eduard; Gómez-Skarmeta, José Luis; Croce, Luciano Di; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2016). "The Dynamic Regulatory Genome of Capsaspora and the Origin of Animal Multicellularity". Cell. 165 (5): 1224–1237. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.03.034. PMC 4877666. PMID 27114036.

[5] Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau; Peña, Marcia Ivonne; Capella-Gutiérrez, Salvador; Antó, Meritxell; Gabaldón, Toni; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki; Sabidó, Eduard (2016). "High-Throughput Proteomics Reveals the Unicellular Roots of Animal Phosphosignaling and Cell Differentiation". Developmental Cell. 39 (2): 186–197. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2016.09.019. hdl:10230/32237. PMID 27746046.

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