Dictyostelids isolated from the soils of San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines

To document the first dictyostelid report in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines, soils from upland and coastal areas were randomly collected and processed in the laboratory using Hay Infusion Agar.After several weeks of incubation, the spore touch technique was employed to isolate the six determinable morphospecies of dictyostelids from 38% of positive plates: Heterostelium pallidum, Dictyostelium discoideum, Dictyostelium purpureum, Dictyostelium rosarium, Dictyostelium sp.1 (the most abundant), and Raperostelium minutum.This is the first attempt to isolate dictyostelids using the coastal soils in the tropical part of the world.