Provora
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| Provora | |
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| Scanning electron microscopy image of Nibbleromonas kosolapovi, a nibblerid predator, biting on its prey, Procryptobia sorokini. Abbreviations: th, thorn; ac, acronemes. Scale bar: 2 µm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Disparia |
| Clade: | Provora Tikhonenkov et al. 2022[1] |
| Phyla | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
Provora is a supergroup of eukaryotes made up of predatory microbes, whose name implies something such as "protists devouring voraciously". It was reported that ten strains were isolated and cultured in 2022. They are predators of other microorganisms. Their discovery was very delayed, compared to other microorganisms in their environments, due to their rarity. Their 18S ribosomal RNA is very different from that of other eukaryotes consistent with their being a lineage without known close relatives; this was confirmed by phylogenomic analyses of datasets of several hundred proteins, so they were taxonomically placed in a separate supergroup.[1][2]
