- The
metamonads are a
large group of
flagellate amitochondriate microscopic eukaryotes. They
include the retortamonads, diplomonads, parabasalids, oxymonads...
-
shown to
contain three widely separated eukaryote groups, the discobids,
metamonads, and malawimonads. A
current view of the
composition of the excavates...
- to
bacterial RNA than to
eukaryote RNA. Some eukaryotes, such as the
metamonads Giardia and Trichomonas, and the
amoebozoan Pelomyxa,
appear to lack mitochondria...
- with two
walls and a con****uous
plugged pore,
something unique among metamonads. Each cell has two
flagella of
different lengths,
inserted sub-apically...
- only
vestigial mitochondria or
derived structures: The microsporidians,
metamonads, and archamoebae.
These groups appear as the most
primitive eukaryotes...
- duodenalis,
which causes giardiasis in humans. They are
placed among the
metamonads, and
appear to be
particularly close relatives of the retortamonads. Most...
- as
sister of the Diap****tickes.
Basal Scotokaryote groupings are the
Metamonads, the
Malawimonas and the Podiata. In this
phylogeny the
Discoba are sometimes...
-
Giardia (/dʒiːˈɑːrdiə/ or /ˈdʒɑːrdiə/) is a
genus of
anaerobic flagellated protozoan parasites of the
phylum Metamonada that
colonise and
reproduce in...
-
Trichomonas ****lis is an anaerobic,
flagellated protozoan parasite and the
causative agent of a ****ually
transmitted disease called trichomoniasis....
- a
feeding groove, a
characteristic of the excavates. Like most
other metamonads,
Carpediemonas does not rely on an
aerobic mitochondrion to
produce energy...
