Proleptomonas
Genus of soil protists / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Proleptomonas is a genus of coprophilic protists, containing the single species Proleptomonas faecicola. It belongs to the phylum Cercozoa, although it was previously considered the only free-living kinetoplastid.[1][2] It is the only member of family Proleptomonadidae.[3]
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Proleptomonas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Sarcomonadea |
Order: | Glissomonadida |
Suborder: | Sandonina |
Family: | Proleptomonadidae Howe, Bass, Vickerman, Chao & Cavalier-Smith, 2009 |
Genus: | Proleptomonas Woodcock, 1916 |
Species: | P. faecicola |
Binomial name | |
Proleptomonas faecicola Woodcock, 1916 | |
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