Diplomonadida

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Diplomonadida

  1. A taxonomic order within the class Eopharyngea – small heterotrophic protists with no mitochondria, most found principally in the intestines of animals, where the are parasitic and cause disease; thought to form one of the earliest branches of eukaryote evolution.

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