Diphylleia rotans

Not to be confused with Diphylla or Diphylleia (plant).
Diphylleia rotans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: CRuMs
Class: Diphyllatea
Order: Diphylleida
Family: Collodictyonidae
Genus:
Massart 1920 non Michaux 1803
Species:
D. rotans
Binomial name
Diphylleia rotans
J.Massart 1920
Synonyms
  • Aulacomonas submarina Skuja 1939[1]

Diphylleia rotans is a eukaryotic microorganism.[2] It is notable for having a gene-rich mitochondrial genome, the largest known outside the jakobids.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brugerolle, G.; Bricheux, G.; Philippe, H.; Coffe, G. (2002). "Collodictyon triciliatum and Diphylleia rotans (= Aulacomonas submarina) Form a New Family of Flagellates (Collodictyonidae) with Tubular Mitochondrial Cristae that is Phylogenetically Distant from other Flagellate Groups". Protist. 153: 59–70. doi:10.1078/1434-4610-00083. PMID 12022276.
  2. ^ "SPECIES Diphylleia rotans". UniProt. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  3. ^ Janouškovec J, Tikhonenkov DV, Burki F, Howe AT, Rohwer FL, Mylnikov AP, Keeling PJ. "A New Lineage of Eukaryotes Illuminates Early Mitochondrial Genome Reduction", Current Biology 2017, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.051
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