Text snippet: Trichonympha is a genus of single-celled, anaerobic parabasalids of the order Hypermastigia that is found exclusively in the hindgut of lower termites and wood ...

Text snippet: Trichonympha is a symbiotic flagellate of many species of termites and of the wood-feeding cockroach. Remarkably, this unicellular organism ...

Text snippet: Basal bodies of Trichonympha, a protist living in the gut of some termites and wood eating cockroaches are, like in humans, built of triplet microtubules.

Text snippet: Trichonympha is one of the most complex and visually striking of the hypermastigote parabasalids-a group of anaerobic flagellates found exclusively in ...

Text snippet: Flagellated protozoa living symbiotically in the hindgut of termites; shipped in live termites. Residents of Oregon must apply for a USDA permit to receive ...

Text snippet: A monophyletic. Trichonympha is of great interest because recent evidence supports a sister relationship between Cryptocercus and termites, suggesting.

Text snippet: Trichonympha is a genus consisting of parabasalid protists found in the hindgut of lower termite species as well as cockroach that feed on wood.

Text snippet: ABSTRACT. Trichonympha is one of the most complex and visually striking of the hypermastigote parabasalids—a group of anaerobic flagellates ...

Text snippet: genus of hypermastigote. In hypermastigote. In the genus Trichonympha encystment and sexual reproduction are initiated by the molting of the host woodroach.

Text snippet: Trichonympha species were identified based on both morphological characteristics and the 18S rRNA gene sequence [25, 26]. Other termite species ...