Oxymonad
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The Oxymonads (or Oxymonadida) are a group of flagellated protists found exclusively in the intestines of animals, mostly termites and other wood-eating insects. Along with the similar parabasalid flagellates, they harbor the symbiotic bacteria that are responsible for breaking down cellulose. There is no evidence for presence of mitochondria (not even anaerobic mitochondrion-like organelles like hydrogenosomes or mitosomes) in oxymonads[1] and 3 species have been shown to completely lack any molecular markers of mitochondria.[2]
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Monocercomonoides melolanthae | |
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Order: | Oxymonadida Grassé 1952 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2003 |
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It includes e.g. Dinenympha, Pyrsonympha, Oxymonas,[3] Streblomastix,[4] Monocercomonoides, and Blattamonas.[5]