Postgaardi mariagerensis is a species of single-celled eukaryote in the Euglenozoa. Some have classified it in a class called Postgaardea along with Calkinsia, but as of 2009, Postgaardi is not well enough known to confidently determine its relationship with other organisms in the Euglenozoa.[1] Both it and Calkinsia do live in low oxygen environments and are covered with bacteria which live on their surface.[1]
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| Class: | Postgaardea[1]
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| Order: | Postgaardida Cavalier-Smith 2003
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| Family: | Postgaardidae Cavalier-Smith 2016
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| Genus: | Postgaardi Fenchel et al. 1995
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Species
editThe only species in the genus Postgaardi is P. mariagerensis.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Yubuki, N; Edgcomb, Vp; Bernhard, Jm; Leander, Bs (Jan 2009). "Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Calkinsia aureus: cellular identity of a novel clade of deep-sea euglenozoans with epibiotic bacteria". BMC Microbiology. 9: 16. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-16. PMC 2656514. PMID 19173734.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Postgaardi". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
Further reading
edit- Yubuki, Naoji; Simpson, Alastair G.B.; Leander, Brian S. (January 2013). "Reconstruction of the feeding apparatus in Postgaardi mariagerensis provides evidence for character evolution within the Symbiontida (Euglenozoa)". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (1): 32–39. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.07.001. PMID 22925570.
- Simpson, Alastair G. B.; Van Den Hoff, John; Bernard, Catherine; Burton, Harry R.; Patterson, David J. (22 May 1996). "The ultrastructure and systematic position of the euglenozoon Postgaardi mariagerensis, Fenchel et al". Archiv für Protistenkunde. 147 (3–4): 213–25. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(97)80049-8.
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