garden/parabasalia.md

Parabasalia

• Members of the Metamonada phylum of the Excavata
• Flagellated anaerobes, living within anaerobic spaces within other animals
• Mixotricha Paradoxa
  • Found in the gut of termites
  • Cellulose is not digestable by most animals
  • Mixotricha Paradoxa can break down cellulose before the termite digests it
    • Mixotricha Paradoxa doesn't produce cellulase
    • Unclear whether the termite actually digests the Mixotricha Paradoxa or lets it live
  • Uses own flagellum as rudders, while spirochaeta power the movement
• Trichomonas Vaginalis
  • Agent of STD in humans