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The metamonads make up part of the [[Excavata]], a eukaryotic supergroup including flagellates with feeding grooves and their close relatives. Their relationships are uncertain,<ref name="pmid14657102">{{cite journal |author=Cavalier-Smith T |title=The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=53 |issue=Pt 6 |pages=1741–58 |date=November 2003 |pmid=14657102 |doi= 10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0|url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14657102|doi-access=free }}</ref> and they do not always appear together on molecular trees. It is possible that the metamonads as defined here do not form a [[monophyletic]] subgroup.
The metamonads make up part of the [[Excavata]], a eukaryotic supergroup including flagellates with feeding grooves and their close relatives. Their relationships are uncertain,<ref name="pmid14657102">{{cite journal |author=Cavalier-Smith T |title=The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=53 |issue=Pt 6 |pages=1741–58 |date=November 2003 |pmid=14657102 |doi= 10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0|url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14657102|doi-access=free }}</ref> and they do not always appear together on molecular trees. It is possible that the metamonads as defined here do not form a [[monophyletic]] subgroup.


The following higher level treatment is based on works of Cavalier-Smith<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cavalier-Smith T |title=Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa |journal= Europ. J. Protistol. |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=115–178 |date= 2013 |pmid=23085100 |doi=10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001 }}</ref> with amendments within Fornicata from Yubukia, Simpson & Leander<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Yubukia |author2=Simpson |author3=Leander |title=Comprehensive Ultrastructure of Kipferlia bialata Provides Evidence for Character Evolution within the Fornicata (Excavata) |journal=Protist |volume= 164|issue= 3|pages= 423–439|date= 2013 |pmid= 23517666|doi=10.1016/j.protis.2013.02.002 }}</ref>
The following higher level treatment is based on works of Cavalier-Smith<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cavalier-Smith T |title=Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa |journal= Eur. J. Protistol. |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=115–178 |date= 2013 |pmid=23085100 |doi=10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001 }}</ref> with amendments within Fornicata from Yubukia, Simpson & Leander<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Yubukia |author2=Simpson |author3=Leander |title=Comprehensive Ultrastructure of Kipferlia bialata Provides Evidence for Character Evolution within the Fornicata (Excavata) |journal=Protist |volume= 164|issue= 3|pages= 423–439|date= 2013 |pmid= 23517666|doi=10.1016/j.protis.2013.02.002 }}</ref>


Metamonada were once again proposed to being basal eukaryotes in 2018.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Krishnan|first1=Arunkumar|last2=Burroughs|first2=A. Max|last3=Iyer|first3=Lakshminarayan|last4=Aravind|first4=L.|date=2018-07-04|title=The unexpected provenance of components in eukaryotic nucleotide-excision-repair and kinetoplast DNA-dynamics from bacterial mobile elements|url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/07/04/361121|journal=bioRxiv|language=en|pages=361121|doi=10.1101/361121|doi-access=free}}</ref>
Metamonada were once again proposed to being basal eukaryotes in 2018.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Krishnan|first1=Arunkumar|last2=Burroughs|first2=A. Max|last3=Iyer|first3=Lakshminarayan|last4=Aravind|first4=L.|date=2018-07-04|title=The unexpected provenance of components in eukaryotic nucleotide-excision-repair and kinetoplast DNA-dynamics from bacterial mobile elements|url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/07/04/361121|journal=bioRxiv|language=en|pages=361121|doi=10.1101/361121|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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Metamonad
"Giardia lamblia", a parasitic diplomonad
Giardia lamblia, a parasitic diplomonad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Grassé 1952 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2003
Classes & orders

The metamonads are microscopic eukaryotic organisms, a large group of flagellate amitochondriate Loukozoa. Their composition is not entirely settled, but they include the retortamonads, diplomonads, and possibly the parabasalids and oxymonads as well. These four groups are all anaerobic (many being aerotolerant anaerobes), occurring mostly as symbiotes or parasites of animals, as is the case with Giardia lamblia which causes diarrhea in mammals.

Characteristics

A number of parabasalids and oxymonads are found in termite guts, and play an important role in breaking down the cellulose found in wood. Some other metamonads are parasites.

These flagellates are unusual in lacking mitochondria. Originally they were considered among the most primitive eukaryotes, diverging from the others before mitochondria appeared. However, they are now known to have lost mitochondria secondarily, and retain both organelles and nuclear genes derived from them. Mitochondrial relics include hydrogenosomes, which produce hydrogen, and small structures called mitosomes.

It now appears the Metamonada are, together with Malawimonas, sister clades of the Podiata.[2]

All of these groups are united by having flagella or basal bodies in characteristic groups of four, which are often associated with the nucleus, forming a structure called a karyomastigont. In addition, the genera Carpediemonas and Trimastix are now known to be close relatives of the retortamonad-diplomonad line and the oxymonads, respectively. Both are free-living and amitochondriate.

Classification

The metamonads make up part of the Excavata, a eukaryotic supergroup including flagellates with feeding grooves and their close relatives. Their relationships are uncertain,[3] and they do not always appear together on molecular trees. It is possible that the metamonads as defined here do not form a monophyletic subgroup.

The following higher level treatment is based on works of Cavalier-Smith[4] with amendments within Fornicata from Yubukia, Simpson & Leander[5]

Metamonada were once again proposed to being basal eukaryotes in 2018.[6]

References

  1. ^ Stairs, Courtney W.; Táborský, Petr; Salomaki, Eric D.; Kolisko, Martin; Pánek, Tomáš; Eme, Laura; Hradilová, Miluše; Vlček, Čestmír; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Roger, Andrew J.; Čepička, Ivan (2021-12-20). "Anaeramoebae are a divergent lineage of eukaryotes that shed light on the transition from anaerobic mitochondria to hydrogenosomes". Current Biology. 31 (24): 5605–5612.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.010. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 34710348. S2CID 240054026.
  2. ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (2016-06-01). "187-gene phylogeny of protozoan phylum Amoebozoa reveals a new class (Cutosea) of deep-branching, ultrastructurally unique, enveloped marine Lobosa and clarifies amoeba evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 275–296. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.023. PMID 27001604.
  3. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (November 2003). "The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 6): 1741–58. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0. PMID 14657102.
  4. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (2013). "Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa". Eur. J. Protistol. 49 (2): 115–178. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001. PMID 23085100.
  5. ^ Yubukia; Simpson; Leander (2013). "Comprehensive Ultrastructure of Kipferlia bialata Provides Evidence for Character Evolution within the Fornicata (Excavata)". Protist. 164 (3): 423–439. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2013.02.002. PMID 23517666.
  6. ^ Krishnan, Arunkumar; Burroughs, A. Max; Iyer, Lakshminarayan; Aravind, L. (2018-07-04). "The unexpected provenance of components in eukaryotic nucleotide-excision-repair and kinetoplast DNA-dynamics from bacterial mobile elements". bioRxiv: 361121. doi:10.1101/361121.

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