Kentomonas

<i>Kentomonas</i>

Kentomonas

Monotypic genus of protist

Kentomonas is a monotypic genus of protist in the order Trypanosomatida. The only described species in the genus is Kentomonas sorsogonicus.

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Biology

Like all species in the subfamily of Strigomonadinae, K. sorsogonicus harbors endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.[1]

References

  1. [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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