Bodo saltans
Members of the species Bodo saltans, also known by the synonym Pleuromonas jaculans, are free-living nonparasitic kinetoplastid flagellated phagotrophic protozoan that feed on bacteria. Bodo saltans cells have been reported in freshwater and marine environments. As well, an isolate of Bodo saltans is infected by the Giant Virus Bodo saltans virus, a member of the Mimiviridae.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 966827.