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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metamonada canonical | 1 |
| Metamonada group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8357281 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metamonada Context triple: [Excavata, hasMember, Metamonada]
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A.
Monade
Monade is a French indie pop project led by Laetitia Sadier, known for its atmospheric, experimental sound that parallels her work with Stereolab.
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B.
Metreon
Metreon is a large entertainment and retail complex in downtown San Francisco featuring shops, restaurants, a movie theater, and event spaces.
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C.
Moniaive
Moniaive is a small rural village in southwest Scotland known for its scenic surroundings and vibrant arts and music community.
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D.
Monoclonius
Monoclonius is a dubious genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, historically known from fragmentary horned dinosaur fossils.
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E.
Monolitten
Monolitten is a famous 14-meter-tall granite sculpture by Gustav Vigeland, carved from a single stone and standing as the central monument in Oslo’s Vigeland Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metamonada Target entity description: Metamonada is a diverse group of mostly anaerobic, flagellated protists that often live as symbionts or parasites in animal hosts and lack classical mitochondria.
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A.
Monade
Monade is a French indie pop project led by Laetitia Sadier, known for its atmospheric, experimental sound that parallels her work with Stereolab.
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B.
Metreon
Metreon is a large entertainment and retail complex in downtown San Francisco featuring shops, restaurants, a movie theater, and event spaces.
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C.
Moniaive
Moniaive is a small rural village in southwest Scotland known for its scenic surroundings and vibrant arts and music community.
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D.
Monoclonius
Monoclonius is a dubious genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, historically known from fragmentary horned dinosaur fossils.
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E.
Monolitten
Monolitten is a famous 14-meter-tall granite sculpture by Gustav Vigeland, carved from a single stone and standing as the central monument in Oslo’s Vigeland Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Metamonada Description of subject: Metamonada is a diverse group of mostly anaerobic, flagellated protists that often live as symbionts or parasites in animal hosts and lack classical mitochondria.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.