''Macbrideola'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Amoebozoa Amoebozoa is a major taxonomic group containing about 2,400 described species of amoeboid protists, often possessing blunt, fingerlike, lobose pseudopods and tubular mitochondrial cristae. In traditional and currently no longer supported classi ...

in the family

Stemonitidaceae Stemonitidaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829. Genera *''Leptoderma'' *'' Macbrideola'' *'' Meriderma'' *'' Paradiachea'' *''Stemonitis'' *'' Symphytocarpus'' ...

. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of

Thomas Huston Macbride Thomas Huston Macbride (July 31, 1848 – March 27, 1934) was the tenth president of the University of Iowa, serving from 1914 to 1916. Macbride was a naturalist and botanist, Macbride Hall at the University of Iowa is named for him. He often c ...

(1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the

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and was a naturalist and botanist. The genus was

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by Henry Clark Gilbert in ''University of Iowa Studies in Natural History'' vol.16 on page 155 in 1934.

Species

*'' Macbrideola andina'' *'' Macbrideola argentea'' *''

Macbrideola confusa ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola cornea ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola decapillata ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola declinata ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola dubia ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola herrerae ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola indica ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola lamprodermoides ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

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Macbrideola macrospora ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

'' *'' Macbrideola martinii'' *'' Macbrideola oblonga'' *''

Macbrideola ovoidea ''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus. The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...

'' *'' Macbrideola reticulospora'' *'' Macbrideola scintillans'' *'' Macbrideola synsporos''

References

Myxogastria Amoebozoa genera {{Amoebozoa-stub