Neobodo

Neobodo
Neobodo designis (A) Schematic drawing; (B) Photo, where the arrow indicates the apical flagellar pocket. Scale of 5 µm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Order: Bodonida
Family: Neobodonidae
Genus: Neobodo
Vickerman, 2004
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Alphamonas

Neobodo are diverse protists belonging to the eukaryotic supergroup Excavata. They are Kinetoplastids in the subclass Bodonidae. They are small, free-living, heterotrophic flagellates with two flagella of unequal length used to create a propulsive current for feeding.[3] As members of Kinetoplastids, they have an evident kinetoplast[4] There was much confusion and debate within the class Kinetoplastid and subclass Bodonidae regarding the classification of the organism, but finally the new genera Neobodo was proposed by Keith Vickerman.[5] Although they are one of the most common flagellates found in freshwater, they are also able to tolerate saltwater[6] Their ability to alternate between both marine and freshwater environments in many parts of the world give them a “cosmopolitan” character.[6] Due to their relatively microscopic size ranging between 4–12 microns, they are further distinguished as heterotrophic nanoflagellates.[3] This small size ratio limits them as bacterivores that swim around feeding on bacteria attached to surfaces or in aggregates.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Neobodo". biolib.cz. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Neobodo". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Kirchman, D. 2008: Microbial ecology of the oceans / [edited by] David L. Kirchman. (2nd ed.).
  4. ^ Tikhonenkov, D. V., Janouškovec, J., Keeling, P. J., and Mylnikov, A. P. 2016: The Morphology, Ultrastructure and SSU rRNA Gene Sequence of a New Freshwater Flagellate, Neobodo borokensis n. sp. (Kinetoplastea, Excavata). The Journal Of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 63 :220–232. DOI:10.1111/jeu.12271
  5. ^ Moreira, David, et al. 2004: An Updated View of Kinetoplastid Phylogeny Using Environmental Sequences and a Closer Outgroup: Proposal for a New Classification of the Class Kinetoplastea. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 54: 1861–75. DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63081-0
  6. ^ a b Morgan-Smith, D., Garrison, C. E., and Bochdansky, A. B. 2013: Mortality and survival of cultured surface-ocean flagellates under simulated deep-sea conditions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 445: 13–20. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.017