Oramoeba fumarolia gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine heterolobosean amoeboflagellate growing at 54 °C.

An amoeba strain was isolated from marine sediment taken from the beach near a fumarole in Italy. The trophozoites of this new marine species transforms into flagellates with variable numbers of flagella, from 2 to 10. The strain forms round to oval cysts.

Tetramitus thermacidophilus n. sp., an amoeboflagellate from acidic hot springs.

Tetramitus thermacidophilus n. sp. is a novel thermophilic and acidophilic amoeboflagellate isolated from acidic hot springs in the Caldera Uzon (Kamchatka, Russia) and in Pisciarelli Solfatara (Naples, Italy).