Metamonads

E728814

Metamonads are a diverse group of mostly anaerobic, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, many of which are symbionts or parasites of animals.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Metamonads canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eukaryotic group ⓘ
protist clade ⓘ
associatedWithDisease bovine trichomoniasis ⓘ
giardiasis ⓘ
trichomoniasis ⓘ
belongsToTaxon Excavata ⓘ
cellType eukaryotic ⓘ
cellularity unicellular ⓘ
discoveredInContext microscopic studies of animal symbionts ⓘ
ecologicalRole commensals of animals ⓘ
parasites of animals ⓘ
symbionts of animals ⓘ
energyMetabolism fermentative metabolism ⓘ
feedingMode osmotrophic ⓘ
phagotrophic ⓘ
flagellaNumber one or more flagella ⓘ
genomeType nuclear genome ⓘ
habitat anaerobic environments ⓘ
hostRange birds ⓘ
fish ⓘ
humans ⓘ
mammals ⓘ
reptiles ⓘ
includesSpecies Giardia lamblia ⓘ
linked to: Giardia

Hexamita inflata ⓘ
Spironucleus vortens ⓘ
Trichomonas vaginalis ⓘ
linked to: Trichomonas

Tritrichomonas foetus ⓘ
linked to: Trichomonas
includesTaxon Carpediemonas-like organisms ⓘ
linked to: Oxymonads

Fornicata ⓘ
Parabasalia ⓘ
linked to: Parabasalia group

Preaxostyla ⓘ
isPartOf Excavata supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Excavata
lifestyle endobiotic in animal hosts ⓘ
free-living species present ⓘ
metabolism mostly anaerobic ⓘ
motility flagellated ⓘ
nuclearOrganization typically one or more nuclei ⓘ
organelleFeature lack classical mitochondria ⓘ
may possess hydrogenosomes ⓘ
may possess mitosomes ⓘ
possess mitochondrion-related organelles ⓘ
oxygenTolerance anaerobic or microaerophilic ⓘ
reproduction asexual reproduction ⓘ
researchUse models for anaerobic eukaryote evolution ⓘ
models for mitochondrial reduction ⓘ
supergroupMembership Excavata ⓘ
taxonomicRank phylum-level group ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Excavata → includesTaxon → Metamonads ⓘ