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