Preaxostyla
Group of excavate protists
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Preaxostyla, also known as Anaeromonadea,[1][2] is a group of excavate protists, comprising the oxymonads, Trimastix,[3] and Paratrimastix.[4] This group is studied as a model system for reductive evolution of mitochondria,[5] because it includes both organisms with anaerobic mitochondrion-like organelles (Trimastix[6] and Paratrimastix[7]), and those that have completely lost their mitochondria (oxymonads Monocercomonoides,[8] Streblomastix, and Blattamonas[6]).
| Preaxostyla | |
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| Monocercomonoides melolanthae | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Metamonada |
| Phylum: | Preaxostyla |
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Phylogeny and taxonomy
Based on the work of Zhang et al. 2015.[4]
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