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Eukaryota > Euglenozoa > Kinetoplastida > Trypanosomatina

Preferred term

Trypanosomatina  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Trypanosomatidae
  • txid28004
  • txid5683
  • txid5714

In other languages

  • French

  • Trypanosomatidae
  • Trypanosomidés
  • txid28004
  • txid5683
  • txid5714

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D788WL73-8

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