Ministeria is a small single-celled eukaryote which feeds on bacteria. Although it is an opisthokont, it seems not to fit in any of the established opisthokont lineages such as choanoflagellates or animals.[1] It might form a group with Capsaspora, another opisthokont of uncertain placement.[2] It is the only known opisthokont lineage which does not exhibit amoeboid cells or flagellated cells.[3]
References
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- ^ Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Minge MA, Espelund M, et al (2008), Aramayo, Rodolfo, ed., "Multigene phylogeny of choanozoa and the origin of animals", PLoS ONE 3 (5): e2098, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002098, PMC 2346548, PMID 18461162, http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002098
- ^ Esser, Karl. The Mycota: A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied System. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-642-19973-5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jK8Wz3PSVVoC&pg=PA16&dq=Ministeria&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xf-KT8W1GYn6tgeqtqC0CQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Ministeria&f=false.