Reclinomonas
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Reclinomonas a genus of small protozoans that feed on bacteria. Reclinomonas americana has 98 genes encoded by mitochondrial DNA, the highest number among organisms analyzed up to date[1].
It has been described as an Excavate.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Alberts, Bruce (2008). Molecular biology of the cell. New York: Garland Science. pp. 859. ISBN 0-8153-4105-9.
- ^ Shpak M, Kugelman JR, Varela-Ramirez A, Aguilera RJ (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. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055-7903(07)00423-X.
[edit] External links
- Tree of Life: Reclinomonas
- Reclinomonas page in Protist Image Data, University of Montreal.
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