Tsukubamonas Explained

Tsukubamonas is a monotypic genus of excavates that contains a single species, Tsukubamonas globosa Yabuki et al. 2011.^{[1] [2]} T. globosa is a free-living flagellate that was isolated from a pond in the University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Structure

Presence of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, food vacuole, mitochondria with tubular cristae, two flagellated basal bodies and two unflagellated basal bodies, three major microtubular roots, four major fibers, one Microtubule organizing center (MTOC), several internal microtubules and absence of Golgi apparatus.

Notes and References

1. Yabuki . Akinori . Nakayama . Takeshi . Yubuki . Naoji . Hashimoto . Tetsuo . Ishida . Ken-Ichiro . Inagaki . Yuji . July 2011 . Tsukubamonas globosa n. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba": TSUKUBAMONAS GLOBOSA N. G., N. SP. . Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . en . 58 . 4 . 319–331 . 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x . 21569159.
2. CAVALIER-SMITH, Thomas . Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa . European Journal of Protistology . 2013 . 49 . 2 . 115–178 . 0932-4739 . 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001 . 23085100.