Kentomonas
| Kentomonas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Family: | Trypanosomatidae |
| Genus: | Kentomonas Votypka et al. 2014 |
| Species: | K. sorsogonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Kentomonas sorsogonicus Votypka et al. 2014
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Kentomonas is a monotypic genus of protist in the order Trypanosomatida. The only described species in the genus is Kentomonas sorsogonicus.
Biology
[edit]Like all species in the subfamily of Strigomonadinae, K. sorsogonicus harbors endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Votypka J, Kostygow AY, Kraeva N, Grybchuk-Ieremenko A, Tesarova M, Grybchuk D, Lukes J, Yurchenko V (2014). "Kentomonas gen. n., a New Genus of Endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n.". Protist. 165: 825–838. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2014.09.002.