Welcome to the Polysphondylium pallidum web portal!

This site contains:

  • Genome Browser: For displaying annotations on P. pallidum genome.
  • BLAST tool: The updated dictyBase universal dictyostelid blast interface to search for similarities between P. pallidum and other genomes
  • Download section : Download genomic sequences, alignments, mapping etc.

The Polysphondylium pallidum genes have not been manually curated. Please use the gene predictions and nomenclature based on best bidirectional hits with D. discoideum with caution!

Sample entry points for browsing the P. pallidum genome

Genome statistics:

Feature type Number
supercontig 43
contig 63
gene 12675
polypeptide 12398
Feature type Min Max Ave Median
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Source: Petra Fey

Phylogeny of 5 Dictyostelid species: constructed from 32 orthologous genes in all species with genome sequence using Entamoeba histolytica as the outgroup. The statistical support for all the nodes is 100%.
By Pauline Schaap & Gernot Gloeckner

The P. pallidum genome was sequenced as a collaboration between the
Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, and the University of Dundee.

Please cite:


Heidel, Lawal, Felder, Schilde, Helps, Tunggal, Rivero, John, Schleicher, Eichinger, Platzer, Noegel, Schaap & Glockner (2011) 'Phylogeny-wide analysis of social amoeba genomes highlights ancient origins for complex intercellular communication.' Genome Res. 21: