Strigomonadinae Explained

Strigomonadinae is a subfamily of protists in the order Trypanosomatida. All species in this taxon harbor endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.[1]

Use as model organisms

Several species of the Strigomonadinae, notably Strigomonas culicis and Angomonas deanei have been researched as "excellent models for the study of cell evolution because the host protozoan co-evolves with an intracellular bacterium in a mutualistic relationship",[2] and "the origin of new organelles" (i.e. symbiogenesis).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Votypka J, Kostygow AY, Kraeva N, Grybchuk-Ieremenko A, Tesarova M, Grybchuk D, Lukes J, Yurchenko V . Kentomonas gen. n., a New Genus of Endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n. . Protist . 2014 . 165 . 825-838 . 10.1016/j.protis.2014.09.002 .
  2. Motta. Maria Cristina Machado. Martins. Allan Cezar de Azevedo. de Souza. Silvana Sant'Anna. Catta-Preta. Carolina Moura Costa. Silva. Rosane. Klein. Cecilia Coimbra. de Almeida. Luiz Gonzaga Paula. de Lima Cunha. Oberdan. Ciapina. Luciane Prioli. Brocchi. Marcelo. Colabardini. Ana Cristina. 2013. Predicting the proteins of Angomonas deanei, Strigomonas culicis and their respective endosymbionts reveals new aspects of the trypanosomatidae family. PLOS ONE. 8. 4. e60209. 10.1371/journal.pone.0060209. 3616161. 23560078. 2013PLoSO...860209M. free .
  3. de Souza. W.. Motta. M. C.. 1999. Endosymbiosis in protozoa of the Trypanosomatidae family. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 173. 1. 1–8. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13477.x. 10220875. free.

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