Strigomonadinae

Strigomonadinae is a subfamily of protists in the order Trypanosomatida. All species in this taxon harbor endodymbiontic bacteria of the Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium genus.^[1]

Strigomonadinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Family:	Trypanosomatidae
Subfamily:	Strigomonadinae Votypka et al. 2014
Genera
Angomonas Kentomonas Strigomonas

Use as model organisms

Several species of the Strigomonadinae, notably Strigomonas culicis and Angomonas deanei have been researched as "excellent models for the study of cell evolution because the host protozoan co-evolves with an intracellular bacterium in a mutualistic relationship",^[2] and "the origin of new organelles" (i.e. symbiogenesis).^[3]