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