Bigyromonad

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Bigyromonad
Light and transmission electron microscopy images of Develorapax marinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Clade: Pseudofungi
Phylum: Bigyromonadea
Cavalier-Smith 1997[1]
Classes
Synonyms
  • Bigyromonada Cavalier-Smith 1997

Bigyromonads (formally known as Bigyromonadea or Bigyromonada) are a lineage of single-celled non-photosynthetic stramenopiles that contains two distinct groups: Developea, free-living phagotrophic predators, and Pirsoniales, parasitoids of diatoms.[2][3]

Description

Bigyromonads are single-celled protists composed of biciliate cells with two heterokont flagella. They feed on bacteria through phagotrophy. They are marine organisms.[4]

Taxonomy

References

  1. Cavalier-Smith, T. (1997-10-01). "Sagenista and bigyra, two phyla of heterotrophic heterokont chromists". Archiv für Protistenkunde. 148 (3): 253–267. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(97)80006-1. ISSN 0003-9365.
  2. Cho, Anna; Tikhonenkov, Denis V.; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Karnkowska, Anna; Mylnikov, Alexander P.; Keeling, Patrick J. (2022-06-01). "Monophyly of diverse Bigyromonadea and their impact on phylogenomic relationships within stramenopiles". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 171 107468. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107468. ISSN 1055-7903.
  3. Prokina, Kristina I.; Yubuki, Naoji; Tikhonenkov, Denis V.; Ciobanu, Maria Christina; López-García, Purificación; Moreira, David (2024). "Refurbishing the marine parasitoid order Pirsoniales with newly (re)described marine and freshwater free-living predators". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 71 (6) e13061. doi:10.1111/jeu.13061. ISSN 1550-7408. PMC 11603286. PMID 39350673.
  4. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (5 September 2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292. PMID 28875267.
  5. Aleoshin; et al. (2016), "Heterokont Predator Develorapax marinus gen. et sp. nov.- A Model of the Ochrophyte Ancestor", Front Microbiol, 7 (1194): 1194, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01194, PMC 4971089, PMID 27536283