Genus of parasitic flagellate protist in the Kinetoplastea class
Blastocrithidia
A species of Blastocrithidia, B. papi (vertical scale bar = 10 μm).[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Phylum:
Euglenozoa
Class:
Kinetoplastea
Order:
Trypanosomatida
Family:
Trypanosomatidae
Genus:
Blastocrithidia Laird 1959 [1]
Type species
Blastocrithidia gerridis
(Patton 1908) Laird 1959
Species
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Blastocrithidia is a genus of parasitic flagellate protist belonging to the family Trypanosomatidae.[1] It is a monoxenous parasite of heteropteran insects,[3] mainly inhabiting their hindgut and glands.[4]
^ abLaird, Marshall (1959-10-01). "Blastocrithidia n.g. (Mastigophora: Protomonadina) for Crithidia (in part), with a subarctic record for B. gerridis (Patton)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 37 (5): 749–752. doi:10.1139/z59-075. ISSN 0008-4301.
^Frolov, Alexander O.; Malysheva, Marina N.; Ganyukova, Anna I.; Yurchenko, Vyacheslav; Kostygov, Alexei Y. (2018-09-27). "Obligate development of Blastocrithidia papi (Trypanosomatidae) in the Malpighian tubules of Pyrrhocoris apterus (Hemiptera) and coordination of host-parasite life cycles". PLOS ONE. 13 (9): e0204467. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1304467F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204467. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6160041. PMID 30261003.
^Týč, Jiří; Votýpka, Jan; Klepetková, Helena; Šuláková, Hana; Jirků, Milan; Lukeš, Julius (2013-10-01). "Growing diversity of trypanosomatid parasites of flies (Diptera: Brachycera): Frequent cosmopolitism and moderate host specificity". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (1): 255–264. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.024. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 23747522.
^Tanada, Yoshinori; Kaya, Harry K. (2012-12-02). Insect Pathology. Academic Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-08-092625-4.
Blastocrithidia is a genus of parasitic flagellate protist belonging to the family Trypanosomatidae. It is a monoxenous parasite of heteropteran insects...
The Blastocrithidia nuclear code (translation table 31) is a genetic code used by the nuclear genome of the trypanosomatid genus Blastocrithidia. This...
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UAG Ter (*) or Gln (Q) Ter (*) TGA UGA Ter (*) or Trp (W) Ter (*) Blastocrithidia nuclear 31 TAA UAA Ter (*) or Glu (E) Ter (*) TAG UAG Ter (*) or Glu...
nuclear code The Mesodinium nuclear code The peritrich nuclear code The Blastocrithidia nuclear code The Balanophoraceae plastid code (not shown on web) The...
hemipteran and dipteran insects have been traditionally placed in genera Blastocrithidia, Crithidia, Leptomonas, Herpetomonas, and Rhynchoidomonas. Wallaceina...
are only distantly related. The remaining clades in this tree are Blastocrithidia, Herpetomonas, and Phytomonas. The four genera Leptomonas, Crithidia...
trypanosomatids from insects have been traditionally placed in genera Crithidia, Blastocrithidia, Herpetomonas, Rhynchoidomonas, and Wallaceina. The etymology of the...
such as Aedes. Another description by F.G. Wallace and A. Johnson as Blastocrithidia culicis, published in 1961 based on specimens from Aedes vexans, was...
Branquinha MH, Santos AL (2005). "Influence of the endosymbiont of Blastocrithidia culicis and Crithidia deanei on the glycoconjugate expression and on...
nature of the species. That the species is digenetic excludes the Blastocrithidia as a possible genus placement for the species, while Endotrypanum is...
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