Kentomonas

{{Short description|Monotypic genus of protist}}

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| genus = Kentomonas

| parent_authority = Votypka et al. 2014

| species = sorsogonicus

| authority = Votypka et al. 2014

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Kentomonas is a monotypic genus of protist in the order Trypanosomatida. The only described species in the genus is Kentomonas sorsogonicus.

Biology

Like all species in the subfamily of Strigomonadinae, K. sorsogonicus harbors endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.{{cite journal |vauthors=Votypka J, Kostygow AY, Kraeva N, Grybchuk-Ieremenko A, Tesarova M, Grybchuk D, Lukes J, Yurchenko V |title=Kentomonas gen. n., a New Genus of Endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n. |journal=Protist |year=2014 |volume=165 |pages=825-838 |doi=10.1016/j.protis.2014.09.002 }}

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