Biology:Kentomonas
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| Kentomonas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
Like all species in the subfamily of Strigomonadinae, K. sorsogonicus harbors endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.[1]
References
- ↑ "Kentomonas gen. n., a New Genus of Endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n.". Protist 165: 825-838. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2014.09.002.
Wikidata ☰ Q106446391 entry
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