Jaenimonas

Jaenimonas is a genus of trypanosomatid parasite that infects mushroom-feeding Drosophila, similar to Crithidia parasites of Bumblebees. Jaenimonas drosophilae is the sole representative of this genus.[2] The genus is named in honor of John Jaenike, a prominent ecologist and evolutionary biologist whose work on mushroom-feeding flies laid the foundation for studies on mycophagous Drosophila.[3][4][5] Jaenike was also an early proponent of the Red Queen Hypothesis.[6]

Jaenimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Euglenozoa
Class:
Kinetoplastea
Subclass:
Metakinetoplastina
Order:
Trypanosomatida
Family:
Trypanosomatidae
Genus:
Jaenimonas

Hamilton et al. (2015)[1]

References
  1. Hamilton; et al. (2015). "Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association". American Society for Microbiology. 6 (5): e01356–15. doi:10.1128/mBio.01356-15. PMC 4600116. PMID 26374124.
  2. Hamilton, Phineas T.; Votýpka, Jan; Dostálová, Anna; Yurchenko, Vyacheslav; Bird, Nathan H.; Lukeš, Julius; Lemaitre, Bruno; Perlman, Steve J. (2015). "Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association". mBio. 6 (5). doi:10.1128/mBio.01356-15. PMC 4600116. PMID 26374124.
  3. "FlyTree - John Jaenike Family Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  4. "John Jaenike". Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  5. Jaenike, J. (1978). "Resource Predictability and Niche Breadth in the Drosophila quinaria Species Group" (PDF). Evolution. 32 (3): 676–678. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1978.tb04613.x. JSTOR 2407734. PMID 28567956. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  6. The Red Queen Hypothesis at Indiana University. Quote: "W. D. Hamilton and John Jaenike were among the earliest pioneers of the idea."
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