Paratrimastix pyriformis

Paratrimastix pyriformis
Light microscopy image of P. pyriformis
Scientific classification
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Paratrimastigida
Family:
Paratrimastigidae
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P. pyriformis
Binomial name
Paratrimastix pyriformis
Synonyms

Paratrimastix pyriformis is a species of free-living (non-parasitic) anaerobic freshwater bacteriovorous flagellated protists formerly known as Trimastix pyriformis and Tetramitus pyriformis.[1]

  1. ^ Zhang, Qianqian; Táborský, Petr; Silberman, Jeffrey D.; Pánek, Tomáš; Čepička, Ivan; Simpson, Alastair G.B. (September 2015). "Marine Isolates of Trimastix marina Form a Plesiomorphic Deep-branching Lineage within Preaxostyla, Separate from Other Known Trimastigids (Paratrimastix n. gen.)". Protist. 166 (4): 468–491. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2015.07.003. PMID 26312987.