Streblomastix

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A symbiotic eukaryote that lives in the hindgut of termites, Streblomastix is a protist associated with a community of ectosymbiotic bacteria.[1][2]

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Streblomastix
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Metamonada
Class: Anaeromonadea
Order: Oxymonadida
Family: Polymastigidae
Genus: Streblomastix
Kofoid & Swezy 1920
Type species
Streblomastix strix
Kofoid & Swezy 1920
Species
  • S. strix
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Motility

Streblomastix moves by beating its anterior flagella.

Morphology

These protists measure around 100 micrometers in length. They completely lack mitochondria.[3]

References

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