Kentomonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Order: Trypanosomatida
Family: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: Kentomonas
Votypka et al. 2014
Species:
K. sorsogonicus
Binomial name
Kentomonas sorsogonicus
Votypka et al. 2014

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

  1. 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.


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