Rastrimonas Explained

Rastrimonas is a monotypic genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. It contains the single species Rastrimonas subtilis. It was described in 2002 from the free-living cryptomonad Chilomonas paramaecium and placed in the new genus Cryptophagus.[1] The following year this was renamed Rastrimonas.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Brugerolle . G. . Cryptophagus subtilis: a new parasite of cryptophytes affiliated with the Perkinsozoa lineage . Eur J Protistol . 37 . 4 . 379–90 . 2002 . 10.1078/0932-4739-00837 .
  2. Brugerolle . G. . Apicomplexan parasite Cryptophagus renamed Rastrimonas gen. nov. . Eur J Protistol . 39 . 1 . 101 . 2003 . 10.1078/0932-4739-00910 .

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