Kentomonas
Monotypic genus of protist
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Kentomonas is a monotypic genus of protist in the order Trypanosomatida. The only described species in the genus is Kentomonas sorsogonicus.
| Kentomonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Family: | Trypanosomatidae |
| Genus: | Kentomonas Votypka et al. 2014 |
| Species: | K. sorsogonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Kentomonas sorsogonicus Votypka et al. 2014 | |
Biology
Like all species in the subfamily of Strigomonadinae, K. sorsogonicus harbors endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.[1]
