Neocercomonas
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Neocercomonas is a protist genus of the order Cercomonadida. It consists of single-celled bacteriophagous organisms that usually live on or nearby terrestrial plants, both above and belowground.[1] Species are biflagellate and may grow up to 60 micrometers long, with a trailing tail-like mass of protoplasm at their posterior end and a pair of roots connecting their posterior flagellum to the cytoskeleton.[2]
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Neocercomonas | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Sarcomonadea |
Order: | Cercomonadida |
Family: | Cercomonadidae |
Genus: | Neocercomonas Ekelund, Fredslund & Daugbjerg 2004 |
Type species | |
Neocercomonas jutlandica Ekelund, Fredslund & Daugbjerg 2004 |
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