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Name derivation:
Classification:
Bodo Ehrenberg 1832; 22 of 151 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014). Order Bodonales; Family Bodonaceae Considered a member of the Euglenozoa (Euglenoids) (Corliss 1994)
Morphology:
Colorless unicellular biflagellate cell. Bodo has a long flagellum that the cell uses to attach to a substrate. It also has a short anterior flagellum often not seen in the microscope because it remains close to the cell body.
Similar genera:
Habitat:
Freshwater, widespread distribution.
References:
Bourland, William . "Fresh water and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere." Reference date 28 Apr. 2014. [online] Corliss, J.O. 1994. An interim utilitqarian (‘user-friendly’) hierarchical classification and characterization of the protists. Acta Protozoologica 33:1-51. Ehrenberg, C.G. 1832. Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV. Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013.