Metamonada
E727690
Metamonada is a diverse group of mostly anaerobic, flagellated protists that often live as symbionts or parasites in animal hosts and lack classical mitochondria.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metamonada group | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
eukaryote clade
ⓘ
protist group ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
bovine trichomoniasis
ⓘ
giardiasis ⓘ trichomoniasis ⓘ |
| associatedWithHost |
birds
ⓘ
cattle ⓘ fish ⓘ humans ⓘ reptiles ⓘ |
| cellMorphology |
often have parabasal apparatus in parabasalians
ⓘ
often have ventral adhesive disc in fornicates ⓘ |
| cellStructure |
lack typical mitochondria with cristae
ⓘ
modified mitochondrion-related organelles ⓘ |
| characteristic |
flagellated
ⓘ
lack classical mitochondria ⓘ mostly anaerobic ⓘ often parasitic in animal hosts ⓘ often symbiotic in animal hosts ⓘ |
| containsGroup |
Carpediemonas-like organisms
ⓘ
Fornicata NERFINISHED ⓘ Parabasalia ⓘ Preaxostyla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOrganism |
Giardia lamblia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hexamita inflata NERFINISHED ⓘ Spironucleus vortens NERFINISHED ⓘ Trichomonas vaginalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tritrichomonas foetus ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | molecular phylogenetic analyses of excavates ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole |
parasite of vertebrates
ⓘ
symbiont in herbivore digestion ⓘ |
| energyProduction | substrate-level phosphorylation in modified organelles ⓘ |
| flagellaNumber | multiple flagella in many species ⓘ |
| genomeFeature | reduced mitochondrial genomes or absent mitochondrial DNA ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal intestinal tract
ⓘ
animal urogenital tract ⓘ anoxic or micro-oxic environments ⓘ rumen of herbivorous mammals ⓘ |
| hasOrganelleType |
hydrogenosome
ⓘ
mitosome ⓘ |
| kingdom | Excavata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metabolism | anaerobic energy metabolism ⓘ |
| motility | flagellar movement ⓘ |
| oxygenTolerance | microaerophilic or anaerobic ⓘ |
| phylogeneticPosition | within supergroup Excavata ⓘ |
| reproduction | asexual reproduction ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | phylum ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.