Perkinsela

Perkinsela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): incertae sedis
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastida
Order: Prokinetoplastida
Family: Perkinselidae
Genus: Perkinsela

Perkinsela is a genus of kinetoplastids. Species are obligate intracellular components of Neoparamoeba and their relationship is considered mutualistic.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Perkinsiella amoebae-like endosymbionts of Neoparamoeba spp., relatives of the kinetoplastid Ichthyobodo". European Journal of Protistology. 39: 37–52. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00901.