Alveolate
Also known as Alveolata
The alveolates are a group of protists, considered a major clade or superphylum within Eukaryota. They are currently grouped with the Stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup.
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Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Research
481 papers- Diverse alveolate infections of tadpoles, a new threat to frogs?PLoS pathogens · 2020
- Connecting alveolate cell biology with trophic ecology in the marine plankton using the ciliate Favella as a model.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2014
- Description of an Enigmatic Alveolate, Platyproteum noduliferae n. sp., and Reconstruction of its Flagellar Apparatus.Protist · 2022
- Plasmodium LCCL domain-containing modular proteins have their origins in the ancestral alveolate.Open biology · 2024
- Effect of the alveolate parasite Perkinsus olseni infection on sexual maturation and spawning efficiency of the clam Ruditapes decussatus.Parasitology · 2023
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10 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
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- Classification
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- Development
- Evolution
- Epigenetics
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The alveolates are a group of protists, considered a major clade or superphylum within Eukaryota. They are currently grouped with the Stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup.
==Characteristics== The most notable shared characteristic is the presence of cortical (near the surface) alveoli (sacs). These are flattened vesicles (sacs) arranged as a layer just under the membrane and supporting it, typically contributing to a flexible pellicle (thin skin). In armored dinoflagellates they may contain stiff plates. Alveolates have mitochondria with tubular cristae (invaginations), and cells often have pore-like intrusions through the cell surface. The group contains free-living and parasitic organisms, predatory flagellates, and photosynthetic organisms.