Syssomonas
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Syssomonas is a monotypic genus of unicellular flagellated protists containing the species Syssomonas multiformis. It is a member of Pluriformea inside the lineage of Holozoa, a clade containing animals and their closest protistan relatives. It lives in freshwater habitats. It has a complex life cycle that includes unicellular amoeboid and flagellated phases, as well as multicellular aggregates, depending on the growth medium and nutritional state.
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Syssomonas | |
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SEM image of Syssomonas. ac = acroneme, fl = flagellum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Holozoa |
Clade: | Pluriformea |
Class: | Corallochytrea |
Order: | Corallochytrida |
Family: | Syssomonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2021 |
Genus: | Syssomonas Tikhonenkov et al. 2017 |
Type species | |
Syssomonas multiformis[1] Tikhonenkov et al. 2017 | |
Type strain | |
Colp-12 MI-PR205[lower-alpha 1] | |
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