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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Kinetoplastea clade 1
Kinetoplastea group 1
Kinetoplastid flagellates 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Excavata → includesTaxon → Kinetoplastea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leishmania
Excavata → includesTaxon → Kinetoplastea ⓘ
Excavata → includesTaxon → Kinetoplastea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoplastids
Excavata → includesTaxon → Kinetoplastea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoplastea clade
Excavata → includesTaxon → Kinetoplastea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoplastea group
Excavata → includesTaxon → Kinetoplastea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoplastid flagellates