| Neocercomonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Sarcomonadea |
| Order: | Cercomonadida |
| Family: | Cercomonadidae |
| Genus: | Neocercomonas Ekelund, Fredslund & Daugbjerg 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Neocercomonas jutlandica Ekelund, Fredslund & Daugbjerg 2004 | |
Neocercomonas is a protist genus of the order Cercomonadida. It consists of single-celled bacteriophagous organisms that usually live on or nearby terrestrial plants, both above and belowground.[1] Species are biflagellate and may grow up to 60 micrometers long, with a trailing tail-like mass of protoplasm at their posterior end and a pair of roots connecting their posterior flagellum to the cytoskeleton.[2]
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