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Molecular and Morphological Diversity of the Oxymonad Genera Monocercomonoides and Blattamonas gen. nov.
Protist - 1 Nov 2018
Treitli Sebastian C, Kotyk Michael, Yubuki Naoji, Jirounková Eliška, Vlasáková Jitka, Smejkalová Pavla, Šípek Petr, Čepička Ivan, Hampl Vladimír
Abstract excerpt
Oxymonads are a group of flagellates living as gut symbionts of insects or vertebrates. They have several unique features, one of them being the absence of mitochondria. Diversity of this group is seriously understudied, which is particularly true for small species from the family Polymastigidae. We isolated 34 strains of oxymonads with Polymastigidae-like morphology from 24 host species and unused cesspits and...
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