Parabasalia group

E731216

The Parabasalia group is a clade of flagellated, mostly anaerobic protists—many of them symbionts or parasites in animal guts—classified within the larger eukaryotic supergroup Excavata.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Parabasalia 5
Trichomonadida 2
Parabasalia group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade
group of protists
associatedWithDisease trichomoniasis
associatedWithHost cockroaches
humans
termites
belongsToDomain Eukaryota
linked to: Eukarya
belongsToSupergroup Excavata
cellType unicellular
hasCellStructure Golgi-associated parabasal body
multiple flagella
parabasal apparatus
hasCharacteristic anaerobic metabolism
flagella
parasitism in animal guts
symbiosis with animals
hasEcologicalRole gut symbionts in wood-feeding insects
parasites of mucosal surfaces
hasLocomotion flagellar movement
hasMetabolism hydrogenosome-based energy metabolism
hasParasitesOf humans
vertebrates
hasSymbiosisWith animals
cockroaches
termites
includesOrganism Dientamoeba fragilis
Trichomonas vaginalis
linked to: Trichomonas
includesTaxon Hypermastigida
Trichomonadida
linked to: Parabasalia group

Trichonymphida
isA eukaryotes
flagellated protists
mostly anaerobic protists
parasitic protists
symbiotic protists
lacksOrganelle typical mitochondria
memberOf Excavata supergroup
linked to: Excavata
notableSpecies Dientamoeba fragilis
Trichomonas vaginalis
linked to: Trichomonas
oxygenRequirement anaerobic
partOf Excavata
reproduction asexual reproduction
binary fission
studyField parasitology
protistology
taxonRank group
typicalHabitat animal digestive tract
animal gut
low-oxygen environments

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Excavata includesTaxon Parabasalia group
Excavata includesTaxon Parabasalids group
linked to: Parabasalia group
Hypermastigida higherClassification Parabasalia
linked to: Parabasalia group
Parabasalia includesTaxon Trichomonadida
subject linked to: Parabasalia group
linked to: Parabasalia group
Trichomonas class Parabasalia
linked to: Parabasalia group
Trichomonas order Trichomonadida
linked to: Parabasalia group
Trichomonas family Trichomonadidae
linked to: Parabasalia group
Metamonads includesTaxon Parabasalia
linked to: Parabasalia group
Metamonada includesTaxon Parabasalia
subject linked to: Metamonada clade
linked to: Parabasalia group
Metamonada includesTaxon Trichomonadea
subject linked to: Metamonada clade
linked to: Parabasalia group
Malawimonadida relatedTo Parabasalia
subject linked to: Malawimonadida group
linked to: Parabasalia group