Bodo (excavate)
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Genus: | Bodo Ehrenberg, 1830.
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Bodo is a genus of flagellate protozoans.[1] They are free-living relatives of the parasitic trypanosomes. The most well-known species is Bodo saltans.
Species include:[2]
References
- ^ Kent, William Saville (1881). A manual of the Infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges. the University of Michigan: David Bogue. p. 255.
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(help) - ^ Guiry, M. D. & G. M. Guiry. 2013. Bodo. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 11 June 2013.