Streblomastix

Streblomastix
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Metamonada
Class: Anaeromonadea
Order: Oxymonadida
Family: Polymastigidae
Genus: Streblomastix
Kofoid & Swezy 1920
Type species
Streblomastix strix
Kofoid & Swezy 1920
Species
  • S. strix

A symbiotic eukaryote that lives in the hindgut of termites, Streblomastix is a protist associated with a community of ectosymbiotic bacteria.