Ministeria vibrans 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]
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