TY - JOUR AU - Kostygov, Alexei Y. AU - Frolov, Alexander O. AU - Malysheva, Marina N. AU - Ganyukova, Anna I. AU - Chistyakova, Lyudmila V. AU - Tashyreva, Daria AU - Tesařová, Martina AU - Spodareva, Viktoria V. AU - Režnarová, Jana AU - Macedo, Diego H. AU - Butenko, Anzhelika AU - d’Avila-Levy, Claudia M. AU - Lukeš, Julius AU - Yurchenko, Vyacheslav PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/02 TI - Vickermania gen. nov., trypanosomatids that use two joined flagella to resist midgut peristaltic flow within the fly host JO - BMC Biology SP - 187 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The family Trypanosomatidae encompasses parasitic flagellates, some of which cause serious vector-transmitted diseases of humans and domestic animals. However, insect-restricted parasites represent the ancestral and most diverse group within the family. They display a range of unusual features and their study can provide insights into the biology of human pathogens. Here we describe Vickermania, a new genus of fly midgut-dwelling parasites that bear two flagella in contrast to other trypanosomatids, which are unambiguously uniflagellate. SN - 1741-7007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00916-y DO - 10.1186/s12915-020-00916-y ID - Kostygov2020 ER -