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Eukaryota > Parabasalidea > Hypermastigia

Preferred term

Hypermastigia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hypermastigote
  • Hypermastigotes

Note

  • infection; coordinate IM with PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A class of endosymbiont EUKARYOTES, in the group PARABASALIDEA, that are obligate mutualists in the digestive tracts of wood-eating insects. Hypermastigotes produce CELLULASE that breaks down the cellulose in wood so that insects can metabolize it.

History note

  • 2010

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D056952

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