Streblomastix

Taxobox
color = violet
name = "Streblomastix"
domain = Eukaryota
unranked_phylum = Excavata
phylum = Metamonada
ordo = Oxymonadida

A symbiotic eukaryote that lives in the stomach of termites, and other insects, "Streblomastix" is a protist that helps to digest wood along with other protists.

The Streblomastix engages in a relationship similar to that of bacteria endosymbionts of rumenous animals such as the cow.

Motilty

The Streblomastix moves by beating its anterior flagella.

Morphology

This protozoan looks like a spade, with the stomach on the posterior, and the flagella on the anterior end.

*These animals measure around 100 micrometers in length.

References

*http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar03/rhtermite.html

*http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/basalprotists.html

Links

*Protists
*Endosymbiont
*Rumen
*Termite