Trichomonas

E727695

genus parasitic protozoan

Trichomonas is a genus of flagellated protozoan parasites, best known for species that infect the urogenital and digestive tracts of humans and other animals.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Trichomonas vaginalis	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ parasitic protozoan ⓘ
causesDisease	avian trichomoniasis (mainly by T. gallinae) ⓘ trichomoniasis (urogenital infection, mainly by T. vaginalis) ⓘ
cellDivisionType	mitosis ⓘ
cellStructure	lacks cyst stage in most species ⓘ possesses undulating membrane in many species ⓘ
class	Parabasalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
clinicalRelevance	important cause of sexually transmitted infection in humans (via T. vaginalis) ⓘ
diagnosisMethod	culture ⓘ microscopic examination of wet mounts ⓘ nucleic acid amplification tests (for T. vaginalis) ⓘ
discoveredInCentury	19th century ⓘ
environmentalSensitivity	sensitive to drying ⓘ survives best in moist mucosal environments ⓘ
family	Trichomonadidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
geneticMaterial	linear chromosomes in nucleus ⓘ
hasCellType	unicellular eukaryote ⓘ
hasMorphology	flagellated ⓘ
hasNucleus	true ⓘ
hasOrganelle	hydrogenosome ⓘ
isEukaryote	true ⓘ
isParasiticOn	birds ⓘ humans ⓘ mammals ⓘ other vertebrates ⓘ
kingdom	Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ
lacksOrganelle	classical mitochondrion ⓘ
modeOfNutrition	parasitic ⓘ phagocytosis of bacteria and host cells ⓘ
motility	flagellar motility ⓘ
notableSpecies	Trichomonas gallinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Trichomonas tenax NERFINISHED ⓘ Trichomonas vaginalis NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Trichomonadida NERFINISHED ⓘ
oxygenRequirement	anaerobic ⓘ
pathogenicTo	humans ⓘ poultry ⓘ
phylum	Metamonada NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction	asexual reproduction ⓘ binary fission ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
transmissionRoute	oral route (for some intestinal species) ⓘ sexual contact (for urogenital species) ⓘ
treatment	nitroimidazole drugs (e.g., metronidazole, tinidazole) for susceptible species ⓘ
typicalHabitat	digestive tract of hosts ⓘ urogenital tract of hosts ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Trichomonas vaginalis