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Descriptor English: Hypermastigia
Descriptor Spanish: Hypermastigia
Descriptor Hypermastigia
Scope note: Clase de EUCARIOTAS endosimbiontes del grupo PARABASALIDEA, mutualistas obligados del tubo digestivo de insectos que se alimentan de madera. Los hipermastigotes producen CELULASA que escinde la celulosa de la madera con lo cual los insectos pueden metabolizarla.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hypermastigia
Descriptor French: Hypermastigia
Entry term(s): Hypermastigote
Hypermastigotes
Trichonympha
Trichonymphas
Tree number(s): B01.630.399
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056952
Scope note: A class of endosymbiont EUKARYOTES, in the group PARABASALIDEA, that are obligate mutualists in the digestive tracts of wood-eating insects. Hypermastigotes produce CELLULASE that breaks down the cellulose in wood so that insects can metabolize it.
Annotation: infection; coordinate IM with PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53454
Unique ID: D056952
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Hypermastigia - Preferred
Concept UI M0533586
Scope note A class of endosymbiont EUKARYOTES, in the group PARABASALIDEA, that are obligate mutualists in the digestive tracts of wood-eating insects. Hypermastigotes produce CELLULASE that breaks down the cellulose in wood so that insects can metabolize it.
Preferred term Hypermastigia
Entry term(s) Hypermastigote
Hypermastigotes
Trichonympha - Narrower
Concept UI M0533587
Preferred term Trichonympha
Entry term(s) Trichonymphas



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