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Benjamin Mixon

Mississippi State University

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Borrowed real estate: Sappinia lukoli, a new species of dung-dwelling amoeba that aggregates and hijacks the fruiting bodies of phylogenetically distant sorocarpic protists

T. Henderson, Benjamin Mixon, Charles R Thompson, Cassandra F van Riessen, Matthew W. Brown

The paper describes a new amoeba species, Sappinia lukoli, that aggregates and hijacks the fruiting bodies of other protists in dung, showcasing convergent cooperative behavior across eukaryotic supergroups.

bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology