Kinetoplastea

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class of protists taxon

Kinetoplastea is a class of flagellated protists best known for including parasitic species such as Trypanosoma and Leishmania, which cause serious diseases in humans and animals.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kinetoplastea canonical	1
Kinetoplastea clade	1
Kinetoplastea group	1
Kinetoplastid flagellates	1
Kinetoplastids	1
Leishmania	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8357306 — 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: Kinetoplastea
Context triple: [Excavata, includesTaxon, Kinetoplastea]

A. Monogenea
Monogenea is a class of parasitic flatworms, primarily ectoparasites on fish, characterized by a direct life cycle and specialized attachment organs.
B. Torpedosporales
Torpedosporales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mainly marine and aquatic species known for their specialized spore morphology.
C. Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
D. Chromista
Chromista is a diverse eukaryotic kingdom that includes many algae and protist groups, such as brown algae and diatoms, characterized by complex plastids and often aquatic lifestyles.
E. Nephrozoa
Nephrozoa is a major clade of bilaterian animals characterized by the presence of true kidneys or kidney-like excretory organs and includes most animal phyla except sponges, cnidarians, and a few other early-branching groups.
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: Kinetoplastea
Target entity description: Kinetoplastea is a class of flagellated protists best known for including parasitic species such as Trypanosoma and Leishmania, which cause serious diseases in humans and animals.

A. Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma is a genus of parasitic protozoa best known for causing diseases such as African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease in humans and other animals.
B. Monogenea
Monogenea is a class of parasitic flatworms, primarily ectoparasites on fish, characterized by a direct life cycle and specialized attachment organs.
C. Torpedosporales
Torpedosporales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mainly marine and aquatic species known for their specialized spore morphology.
D. Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
E. Chromista
Chromista is a diverse eukaryotic kingdom that includes many algae and protist groups, such as brown algae and diatoms, characterized by complex plastids and often aquatic lifestyles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	class of protists ⓘ taxon ⓘ
causesDisease	African trypanosomiasis ⓘ Chagas disease NERFINISHED ⓘ leishmaniasis ⓘ
cellStructure	glycosome ⓘ subpellicular microtubule corset ⓘ
characteristic	contain kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) ⓘ flagellated ⓘ have one or more flagella ⓘ possess a single large mitochondrion ⓘ unicellular ⓘ
containsTaxon	Bodonidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Leishmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Leishmania donovani NERFINISHED ⓘ Leishmania major NERFINISHED ⓘ Trypanosoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Trypanosoma brucei NERFINISHED ⓘ Trypanosoma cruzi NERFINISHED ⓘ Trypanosomatidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain	Eukarya ⓘ surface form: Eukaryota
ecologicalRole	pathogens of domestic animals ⓘ pathogens of humans ⓘ pathogens of wildlife ⓘ
geneticFeature	maxicircles in kinetoplast DNA ⓘ minicircles in kinetoplast DNA ⓘ
hostRange	invertebrate hosts ⓘ vertebrate hosts ⓘ
includes	free-living species ⓘ parasitic species ⓘ
kingdom	Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ
metabolism	glycolysis compartmentalized in glycosomes ⓘ
motility	flagellar movement ⓘ
notableFeature	complex life cycles involving multiple hosts ⓘ surface coat of variant surface glycoproteins in some species ⓘ
parasiticOn	humans ⓘ insects ⓘ mammals ⓘ
phylum	Euglenozoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction	primarily asexual reproduction ⓘ
researchUse	model organisms for antigenic variation ⓘ model organisms for mitochondrial DNA studies ⓘ
subphylum	Metakinetoplastina ⓘ
vector	phlebotomine sandflies ⓘ triatomine bugs ⓘ tsetse flies ⓘ