HERPETOMONAS
\hˌɜːpɪtəmˈə͡ʊnəz], \hˌɜːpɪtəmˈəʊnəz], \h_ˌɜː_p_ɪ_t_ə_m_ˈəʊ_n_ə_z]\
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A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA).
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