Relationships of flagellates of the genus Monocercomonas from different host species.

Abstract

In accordance with ultrastructural data as well as with the phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rRNA both branches of monocercomonads (reptilian clade and M. ruminantium ) formed sister taxons to the genus Tritrichomonas.

Keywords

• Monocercomonas
• Flagellates
• phylogenetic tree
• 16S rRNA