Neoparamoeba

Neoparamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa.[1] Species contain intracellular kinetoplastid parasites, of the genus Perkinsela, which are maintained in close contact with the nucleus and are considered obligatory and mutualistic.[2]

Neoparamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Amoebozoa
Class:
Discosea
Order:
Dactylopodida
Family:
Vexilliferidae
Genus:
Neoparamoeba

References
  1. "The Amoebae". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  2. "Perkinsiella amoebae-like endosymbionts of Neoparamoeba spp., relatives of the kinetoplastid Ichthyobodo". European Journal of Protistology. 39: 37–52. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00901.


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