Opalinata

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Opalinata
Blastocystis hominis

Blastocystis hominis

Systematics
Classification : Creature
Domain : Eukaryotes (eukaryota)
without rank: Diaphoreticks
without rank: Sar
without rank: Stramenopiles (stramenopiles)
without rank: Opalinata
Scientific name
Opalinata
Wenyon , 1926

The Opalinata are a group of single cells from the stramenopile group .

features

The representatives are unicellular eukaryotes with many cilia. At the transition region between the kinetosome and the cilium there is a double-stranded transition helix. On the cell surface there are cortical ribs under which microtubules lie, individually or in bands. The Opalinata can form cysts .

Systematics

The following groups belong to the Opalinata:

literature

  • Sina M. Adl, Alastair GB Simpson, Mark A. Farmer, Robert A. Andersen, O. Roger Anderson, John A. Barta, Samual S. Bowser, Guy Bragerolle, Robert A. Fensome, Suzanne Fredericq, Timothy Y. James, Sergei Karpov, Paul Kugrens, John Krug, Christopher E. Lane, Louise A. Lewis, Jean Lodge, Denis H. Lynn, David G. Mann, Richard M. McCourt, Leonel Mendoza, Øjvind Moestrup, Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge, Thomas A. Nerad, Carol A. Shearer, Alexey V. Smirnov, Frederick W. Spiegel, Max FJR Taylor: The New Higher Level Classification of Eukaryotes with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Protists. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 52 (5), 2005; Pages 399-451. doi : 10.1111 / j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x