Reclinomonas

Reclinomonas is a monotypic genus of jakobid eukaryotes containing the single species Reclinomonas americana.

Contents

• Reclinomonas flagelado reclinomonas flagellate
• Reclinomonas flagelado loricado reclinomonas loricate flagellate
• References

This organism is a single cell up to 12 micrometers wide. It has two flagella. The cell is in a cup-like lorica which has a stem that attaches to a surface. When the cell reproduces, by undergoing binary fission, one of the two newly split cells produces a new lorica for itself.

This protozoan can be found in freshwater.

This species was the first jakobid to have its mitochondrial genome sequenced. It contains 97 genes. 62 of them code for proteins. Other jakobids have been sequenced since, and the data was similar.

This protozoan feeds on bacteria. It has been described as an excavate.