Kinetoplastida:Kinetoplastida: TrypansomaTrypansoma
Brian Kang
Taxonomy
Domain: EukaryotaPhylum: EuglenozoaClass: KinetoplastidaOrder: TrypanosomatidaeGenus: Trypanosoma
Key features
parasitic (blood, lymph and tissues) Small and heterotrophic large clump of DNA located at one end of the
unusually long mitochondrion (kinetoplast) Cause disease in many animals (including sleep
sickness)
Life Cycle
Morph into three forms during its life:
trypomastigote epimastigote amastigote
Three interesting facts
Post-transcriptional regulationAntigenic variation (changes its surface protein to
evade host immune response)
two life cycle forms of Trypanosoma brucei are easy to culture and are genetically pliable
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