Metopus

Genus of single-celled organisms

Metopus

Scientific classification
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Eukaryota

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SAR

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Alveolata

Phylum:  |

Ciliophora

Subphylum:  |

Intramacronucleata

Order:  |

Metopida

Family:  |

Metopidae

Genus:  |

Metopus

Claparède & Lachmann, 1858[1][2]

Species

Metopus brachoni[1]
Metopus brevicristatus[1]
Metopus contortus[1]
Metopus es[1]
Metopus extensus[1]
Metopus filum
Metopus fuscus[1]
Metopus halophilus[1]
Metopus histophagus[1]
Metopus hyalinus[1]
Metopus jankowskii[1]
Metopus lemani[1]
Metopus magnus
Metopus major[1]
Metopus murrayensis
Metopus nivaaensis[1]
Metopus palaeformides
Metopus pellitus[1]
Metopus rotundus[1]
Metopus setosus[1]
Metopus spiralis[1]
Metopus rex
Metopus verrucosus[1]
Metopus vestitus[1]

Metopus is a genus of anaerobic organisms from the family of Metopidae.[1][3][4][5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Metopus Claparède & Lachmann, 1858". www.marinespecies.org.
2. ^ Stein, Friedrich (1867). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen Forschungen in systematischer Reihenfolge bearbeitet (in German). Engelmann.
3. ^ "Metopus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
4. ^ Archiv Für Hydrobiologie (in German). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller). 1938.
5. ^ Hackstein, Johannes H. P. (2010). (Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642136153.

## Further reading

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* Omar, A; Zhang, Q; Zou, S; Gong, J (November 2017). "Morphology and Phylogeny of the Soil Ciliate Metopus yantaiensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Metopida), with Identification of the Intracellular Bacteria". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 64 (6): 792–805\. doi:10.1111/jeu.12411. PMID 28303622. S2CID 26108714.
* Esteban, Genoveva; Fenchel, Tom; Finlay, Bland (November 1995). "Diversity of Free-Living Morphospecies in the Ciliate Genus Metopus" (PDF). Archiv für Protistenkunde. 146 (2): 137–164\. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(11)80106-5.
* Hirakata, Y; Oshiki, M; Kuroda, K; Hatamoto, M; Kubota, K; Yamaguchi, T; Harada, H; Araki, N (2015). "Identification and Detection of Prokaryotic Symbionts in the Ciliate Metopus from Anaerobic Granular Sludge". Microbes and Environments. 30 (4): 335–8\. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME15154. PMC 4676557. PMID 26639580.
* Foissner, Wilhelm; Wasserwirtschaft, Bayerisches Landesamt für (1992). Taxonomische und ökologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems: Peritrichia, Heterotrichida, Odontostomatida (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Wasserwirtschaft.
* Priest, F. G.; Ramos-Cormenzana, Alberto; Tindall, B. J. (2012). Bacterial Diversity and Systematics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781461518693.
* Tachezy, Jan (2008). Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540767336.
* Chen, Tze-Tuan (2017). Research in Protozoology. Elsevier. ISBN 9781483148106.

Taxon identifiers

Metopus|

* Wikidata: Q25363637
* Wikispecies: Metopus
* AFD: Metopus
* CoL: 5QYX
* GBIF: 3204564
* iNaturalist: 335439
* IRMNG: 1435591
* ITIS: 46584
* NCBI: 5964
* NZOR: dfecab71-404a-42a4-94b0-1b4ec3126210
* WoRMS: 172336

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