Species Mixotricha paradoxa Sutherland, 1933

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• Mixotricha paradoxa Sutherland, J.L. 1933. Protozoa from Australian termites. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 76: 145-173.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt, 1896 [MASTOTERMITIDAE] Giant Termite (hindgut (+ lab. colony))).

Associated Fauna References

Cleveland, L.R. 1966. General features and reproduction in Mixotricha. Archiv für Protistenkunde 109: 26-36 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Cleveland, L.R. & Grimstone, A.V. 1964. The fine structure of the flagellate Mixotricha paradoxa and its associated micro-organisms. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 159: 668-686 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Honigberg, B.M. 1970. Protozoa associated with termites and their role in digestion. In, Krishna, K. & Weesner, F.M. (eds). Biology of Termites. New York : Academic Press Vol. 2. (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Sutherland, J.L. 1933. Protozoa from Australian termites. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 76: 145-173 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Veivers, P.C., Musca, A.M., O'Brien, R.W. & Slaytor, M. 1982. Digestive enzymes of the salivary glands and gut of Mastotermes darwiniensis. Insect Biochemistry 12: 35-40 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Veivers, P.C., O'Brien, R.W. & Slaytor, M. 1983. Selective defaunation of Mastotermes darwiniensis and its effect on cellulose and starch metabolism. Insect Biochemistry 13: 95-101 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Wenzel, M., Radek, R., Brugerolle, G. & Koenig, H. 2003. Identification of the ectosymbiotic bacteria of Mixotricha paradoxa involved in movement symbiosis. European Journal of Protistology 39: 11-23 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

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