Monocercomonoides
1. Classification
a. Higher order taxa
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3. Genome structure
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4. Cell structure
Monocercomonoides has a total of 4 whip-like structures used for movement known as flagella anchored to their cellular membrane with modified centrioles known as basal bodies (3). The flagella are grouped in pairs on opposite sides of the cell and each is longer than the entirety of the cells ovoid body (Figure 2) (3). As with all oxymonads, Monocercomonoides has a single long contractible appendage that originates from the base of a flagellum known as an axostyle. The axostyle is connected to the first basal body by a sheet of microtubules referred to as the preaxostyle (3). Monocercomonoides also has two basal body anchors known as microtubular roots and each is associated with one pair of the two basal body pairs. Monocercomonoides is the only oxymonad genus known to have microtubular roots (3). Electron microscopic imaging of Monocercomonoides has found that the intracellular morphology lacks any Golgi apparatus, mitochondria or potential homologs of the two structures (5).
5. Metabolic processes
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6. Ecology
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7. Pathology
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7. Key microorganisms
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8. Current Research
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9. References
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