Trichomonadidae

Trichomonadidae
Trichomonas vaginalis
Systematics
without rank: Excavata without rank: Fornicata without rank: Parabasalia without rank: Trichomonadea Order : Trichomonadida Family : Trichomonadidae
Scientific name
Trichomonadidae

Trichomonadidae ( old Gr . Θρίξ thríx (Gen. Sg. Τριχός trichós) 'hair', μόνας mónas 'unit') are a family of the Parabasalia . The unicellular organisms have an oval cell body, three to five front flagella and a drag flagellum with an undulating membrane. They do not have mitochondria for energy production, but hydrogenosomes . The propagation takes place by simple longitudinal division.

The genera are differentiated based on the number of forelegs:

• Trichomonas
• Tritrichomonas (for example Tritrichomonas fetus )
• Tetratrichomonas
• Pentatrichomonas

literature

• Johannes Eckert: textbook of parasitology for veterinary medicine . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2008, ISBN 9783830410720 , p. 40.

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