Trichomonas
| Trichomonas | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Excavata |
| Phylum: | Metamonada |
| Class: | Parabasalia |
| Order: | Trichomonadida |
| Family: | Trichomonadidae |
| Genus: | Trichomonas |
Trichomonas is a genus of anaerobic protists that are parasites of vertebrates. They are included with the Parabasalids.
Species of Trichomonas include:
- Trichomonas vaginalis, an organism generally living inside the human urinogenital tract.
- Trichomonas gallinae, which infects birds, causing canker in pigeons and doves, and frounce in raptors. Frounce-like lesions found in the fossil jaws of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex were probably caused by a parasite similar to Trichomonas gallinae.[1]
- Trichomonas tenax, an organism found in the oral cavity of humans, cats, and dogs
- Trichomonas termopsidis, found in termite guts[2]
Restoration of a Tyrannosaurus with Trichomonas-like infections.
References
- ↑ Wolff, E.D.S., Salisbury, S.W., Horner J.R., & Varricchio D.J. (2009). Hansen, Dennis Marinus, ed. "Common Avian Infection Plagued the Tyrant Dinosaurs". PLoS ONE. 4 (9): e7288. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007288. PMC 2748709
. PMID 19789646.
- ↑ "Kingdom Protista". Biology 1AL Laboratory Manual. UC Berkeley. Fall 2011. p. 42.
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