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Kinetoplastida: Trypansoma

Kinetoplastida: Trypansoma. Brian Kang. Taxonomy. Domain: Eukaryota Phylum: Euglenozoa Class: Kinetoplastida Order: Trypanosomatidae Genus: Trypanosoma. Key features. parasitic ( blood, lymph and tissues ) Small and heterotrophic

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Kinetoplastida: Trypansoma

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  1. Kinetoplastida:Trypansoma Brian Kang

  2. Taxonomy • Domain: Eukaryota • Phylum: Euglenozoa • Class: Kinetoplastida • Order: Trypanosomatidae • Genus: Trypanosoma

  3. Key features • parasitic (blood, lymph and tissues) • Small and heterotrophic • large clump of DNA located at one end of the unusually long mitochondrion (kinetoplast) • Cause disease in many animals (including sleep sickness)

  4. Life Cycle • Morph into three forms during its life: trypomastigote epimastigote amastigote

  5. Three interesting facts • Post-transcriptional regulation • Antigenic variation (changes its surface protein to evade host immune response) • two life cycle forms of Trypanosoma brucei are easy to culture and are genetically pliable

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