Mixotricha paradoxa
Mixotricha paradoxa is a species of protozoan that lives inside the gut of the Australian termite species Mastotermes darwiniensis.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumCiliophora
- ClassHypotrichea
- OrderOxytrichida
- FamilyOxytrichidae
via GBIF
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Discovery
- Behavior
- Anatomy
- Endosymbionts for biochemical processes
- Ectosymbionts for movement
- Genome
- References
Mixotricha paradoxa is a species of protozoan that lives inside the gut of the Australian termite species Mastotermes darwiniensis.
It is composed of five different organisms: three bacterial ectosymbionts live on its surface for locomotion and at least one endosymbiont lives inside to help digest cellulose in wood to produce acetate for its host(s).