Discoba group

E728820

The Discoba group is a major clade of unicellular eukaryotes within the Excavata supergroup, encompassing diverse flagellated protists such as euglenids and kinetoplastids.

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Label Occurrences
Discoba group canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eukaryote clade
taxonomic group
cellType unicellular
cellularOrganization nucleated cells
domain Eukaryota
linked to: Eukarya
ecologicalRole aquatic microorganisms
pathogens
soil microorganisms
symbionts
geneticMaterial linear chromosomes
hasCharacteristic excavate feeding groove (in many members)
flagellated protists
hasMember Euglenozoa
Heterolobosea
linked to: Heteroloboseans

Jakobida
Tsukubamonadida
euglenids
kinetoplastids
hasMorphologicalFeature ventral groove (in many excavates)
hasNotableMemberTaxon Euglena
Leishmania
Naegleria fowleri
Trypanosoma
hasOrganelle mitochondria (in most members)
includesOrganismType free-living protists
heterotrophic protists
parasitic protists
photosynthetic protists
includesPathogensOf animals
humans
plants
isImportantFor studies of mitochondrial evolution
studies of parasitic diseases
understanding early eukaryote evolution
isStudiedIn evolutionary biology
phylogenetics
protistology
isWithinClade Excavata supergroup
linked to: Excavata
kingdom Eukaryota
linked to: Eukarya
locomotion flagella-based motility
mitochondrialGenomeType diverse mitochondrial genome structures
partOf Excavata
reproduction asexual reproduction (in most members)
subclassOf Excavata
taxonRank clade

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Excavata includesTaxon Discoba group