Reclinomonas
| Reclinomonas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Excavata |
| Class: | Jakobea |
| Order: | Jakobida |
| Family: | Histionidae |
| Genus: | Reclinomonas Flavin & Nerad, 1993 |
| Species: | R. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Reclinomonas americana Flavin & Nerad, 1993[1] | |
Reclinomonas is a monotypic genus of jakobid protozoans containing the single species Reclinomonas americana.[2]
This organism is a single cell up to 12 micrometers wide. It has two flagella. The cell is in a cup-like lorica which has a stem that attaches to a surface. When the cell reproduces, by undergoing binary fission, one of the two newly split cells produces a new lorica for itself.[2]
This protozoan can be found in freshwater.[2]
This species was the first jakobid to have its mitochondrial genome sequenced.[2] It contains 97 genes. 62 of them code for proteins.[3] Other jakobids have been sequenced since, and the data was similar.[2]
This protozoan feeds on bacteria. It has been described as an excavate.[4]
References
- ↑ Flavin, M. & T. A. Nerad. (1993). Reclinomonas americana n. g., n. sp., a new freshwater heterotrophic flagellate. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 40: 172-179.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Simpson, A. 2008. Reclinomonas Flavin & Nerad 1993. Reclinomonas americana Flavin & Nerad 1993. Version 05. The Tree of Life Web Project.
- ↑ Berg, J. M., et al. Biochemistry. Edition 6. Macmillan. 2010. pg. 505.
- ↑ Shpak, M., et al. (May 2008). "The phylogeny and evolution of deoxyribonuclease II: an enzyme essential for lysosomal DNA degradation". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 47 (2): 841–54. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.033. PMC 2600486. PMID 18226927.
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