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Metopus

Metopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Subphylum:	Intramacronucleata
Order:	Metopida
Family:	Metopidae
Genus:	Metopus Claparède & Lachmann, 1858[1][2]
Species
Metopus brachoni[1] Metopus brevicristatus[1] Metopus contortus[1] Metopus es[1] Metopus extensus[1] Metopus filum Metopus fuscus[1] Metopus halophilus[1] Metopus histophagus[1] Metopus hyalinus[1] Metopus jankowskii[1] Metopus lemani[1] Metopus magnus Metopus major[1] Metopus murrayensis Metopus nivaaensis[1] Metopus palaeformides Metopus pellitus[1] Metopus rotundus[1] Metopus setosus[1] Metopus spiralis[1] Metopus rex Metopus verrucosus[1] Metopus vestitus[1]

Metopus is a genus of anaerobic organisms from the family of Metopidae.^[1][3][4][5]

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Further reading[edit]

• Omar, A; Zhang, Q; Zou, S; Gong, J (November 2017). "Morphology and Phylogeny of the Soil Ciliate Metopus yantaiensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Metopida), with Identification of the Intracellular Bacteria". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 64 (6): 792–805. doi:10.1111/jeu.12411. PMID 28303622. S2CID 26108714.
• Esteban, Genoveva; Fenchel, Tom; Finlay, Bland (November 1995). "Diversity of Free-Living Morphospecies in the Ciliate Genus Metopus" (PDF). Archiv für Protistenkunde. 146 (2): 137–164. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(11)80106-5.
• Hirakata, Y; Oshiki, M; Kuroda, K; Hatamoto, M; Kubota, K; Yamaguchi, T; Harada, H; Araki, N (2015). "Identification and Detection of Prokaryotic Symbionts in the Ciliate Metopus from Anaerobic Granular Sludge". Microbes and Environments. 30 (4): 335–8. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME15154. PMC 4676557. PMID 26639580.
• Foissner, Wilhelm; Wasserwirtschaft, Bayerisches Landesamt für (1992). Taxonomische und ökologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems: Peritrichia, Heterotrichida, Odontostomatida (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Wasserwirtschaft.
• Priest, F. G.; Ramos-Cormenzana, Alberto; Tindall, B. J. (2012). Bacterial Diversity and Systematics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781461518693.
• Tachezy, Jan (2008). Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540767336.
• Chen, Tze-Tuan (2017). Research in Protozoology. Elsevier. ISBN 9781483148106.

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