Retortamonas intestinalis

Retortamonas intestinalis is a species of retortamonads which is found in the gastrointestinal tract.[1]

Retortamonas intestinalis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Metamonada
Order:
Retortamonadida
Family:
Retortamonadidae
Genus:
Retortamonas
Species:
R. intestinalis
Binomial name
Retortamonas intestinalis
(Wenyon & O'Connor, 1917)

Ecology

Habitat

Retortamonas intestinalis resides in unhygienic areas and are fond of extremely warm climates, inferring that they do not survive in the cold.[2]

Infection

How It Spreads

Retortamonas intestinalis usually spreads through human hosts (as nonhuman hosts containing this organism have not been reported) in the form of cysts via the stool of the individual. However, the probability of infection through this is very low, as the common factors pertaining to infection is the exposure of unsanitary contamination and overcrowding of the populus.[2]

References
  1. Lisa Jones-Engel; Gregory A. Engel; Michael A. Schillact; Jeffery Froehlich; Umar Paputungan & Randall C. Kyes (2004). "Prevalence of enteric parasites in pet macaques in Sulawesi, Indonesia" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 62 (2): 71–82. doi:10.1002/ajp.20008. PMID 14983465.
  2. Kawamura, Osamu; Kon, Youichi; Naganuma, Atsushi; Iwami, Taku; Maruyama, Hideki; Yamada, Takuro; Sonobe, Kouichi; Horikoshi, Tsutomu; Kusano, Motoyasu; Mori, Masatomo (April 2001). "Retortamonas intestinalis in the pancreatic juice of a patient with small nodular lesions of the main pancreatic duct". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 53 (4): 508–510. doi:10.1067/mge.2001.112746. PMID 11275898.


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