Strigomonadinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of protozoa}}
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| taxon = Strigomonadinae
| authority = Votypka et al. 2014
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
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Strigomonadinae is a subfamily of protists in the order Trypanosomatida. All species in this taxon harbor 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 }}
Use as model organisms
Several species of the Strigomonadinae, notably Strigomonas culicis and Angomonas deanei have been researched as "excellent models for the study of cell evolution because the host protozoan co-evolves with an intracellular bacterium in a mutualistic relationship",{{Cite journal|last1=Motta|first1=Maria Cristina Machado|last2=Martins|first2=Allan Cezar de Azevedo|last3=de Souza|first3=Silvana Sant'Anna|last4=Catta-Preta|first4=Carolina Moura Costa|last5=Silva|first5=Rosane|last6=Klein|first6=Cecilia Coimbra|last7=de Almeida|first7=Luiz Gonzaga Paula|last8=de Lima Cunha|first8=Oberdan|last9=Ciapina|first9=Luciane Prioli|last10=Brocchi|first10=Marcelo|last11=Colabardini|first11=Ana Cristina|date=2013|title=Predicting the proteins of Angomonas deanei, Strigomonas culicis and their respective endosymbionts reveals new aspects of the trypanosomatidae family|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=4|pages=e60209|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0060209|pmc=3616161|pmid=23560078|bibcode=2013PLoSO...860209M|doi-access=free }} and "the origin of new organelles" (i.e. symbiogenesis).{{Cite journal|last1=de Souza|first1=W.|last2=Motta|first2=M. C.|date=1999|title=Endosymbiosis in protozoa of the Trypanosomatidae family|journal=FEMS Microbiology Letters|volume=173|issue=1|pages=1–8|doi=10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13477.x|pmid=10220875|doi-access=free}}
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Category:Taxa described in 2014
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