Bodo (genus)

Bodo (genus)

Taxobox
color = khaki
name = "Bodo"
domain = Eukaryota
phylum = Euglenozoa
classis = Kinetoplastida
ordo = Bodonida
genus = "Bodo"

"Bodo" is a genus of flagellate protozoan. They are free-living relatives of the parasitic trypanosomes. The most well-known species is "Bodo saltans".


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