Hypermastigida
E731215
Hypermastigida is an order of flagellated protists, many of which live as symbionts in the guts of wood-eating insects and help them digest cellulose.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of protists
ⓘ
taxonomic order ⓘ |
| associatedProcess | symbiotic digestion ⓘ |
| associatedWith | cellulolytic bacteria ⓘ |
| cellStructure |
complex cytoskeleton
ⓘ
multiple flagellar tufts ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
carbon cycle via wood degradation
ⓘ
digestion of cellulose ⓘ digestion of lignocellulosic material ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| ecologicalRole | cellulose digestion symbiont ⓘ |
| foundIn | xylophagous cockroaches ⓘ |
| habitat |
anaerobic environments
ⓘ
insect digestive tract ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
eukaryotic
ⓘ
flagellated ⓘ symbiotic ⓘ unicellular ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Holomastigotoides
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spirotrichonympha NERFINISHED ⓘ Trichonympha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Parabasalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance | essential for termite wood digestion ⓘ |
| isParasitic | false ⓘ |
| isSymbiotic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesIn |
guts of wood-eating insects
ⓘ
termite hindgut ⓘ |
| motility | multiple flagella ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | anaerobic ⓘ |
| relationshipToHost | mutualistic symbiont ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
binary fission ⓘ |
| substrateUtilized |
cellulose
ⓘ
hemicellulose ⓘ |
| symbiontOf |
termites
ⓘ
wood-eating insects ⓘ |
| trophicMode | heterotrophic ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.