📚 node [[parabasalia]]

Parabasalia

  • Members of the [[Metamonada]] [[phylum]] of the [[Excavata]]
  • Flagellated anaerobes, living within anaerobic spaces within other animals
  • Mixotricha Paradoxa
    • Found in the gut of termites
    • Cellulose is not digestable by most animals
    • Mixotricha Paradoxa can break down cellulose before the termite digests it
      • Mixotricha Paradoxa doesn't produce cellulase
      • Unclear whether the termite actually digests the Mixotricha Paradoxa or lets it live
    • Uses own flagellum as rudders, while [[spirochetes]] power the movement
  • Trichomonas Vaginalis
    • Agent of STD in humans
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