What is Kinetoplastid?
{{automatic taxobox | name = Kinetoplastida | image = Trypanosoma_cruzi_crithidia.jpeg | image_caption = ''[[Trypanosoma cruzi]]'' parasites | taxon = Kinetoplastea | authority =Honigberg, 1963 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1981<ref name=Honigberg>{{cite book|author=Honigberg, B. M.|year=1963|chapter=A contribution to systematics of the non-pigmented flagellates.|editor=Ludvík, J. |editor2=Lom, J. |editor3=Vávra J.|title=Progress in Protozoology: proceedings of the first International Congress on protozoology held at Prague|publisher=Academic Press}}</ref><ref>Cavalier-Smith, T. (1981). Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 14, 461–481.</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Subdivisions | subdivision = * ?[[Bordnamonadidae]] * ?[[Trypanophididae]] * [[Prokinetoplastina]] ** [[Prokinetoplastida]] * [[Metakinetoplastina]] ** [[Neobodonida]] ** [[Parabodonida]] ** [[Bodonida]] ** [[Trypanosomatida]] | synonyms = * Kinetoplastida <small>Honigberg 1963 emend. Margulis 1974</small> }} The '''kinetoplastids''' are a group of single-cell [[flagellate]] [[eukaryotes]]. They include a number of [[parasite]]s responsible for serious diseases in humans and other animals. There are also forms found in soil and aquatic environments. They are members of the phylum [[Euglenozoa]]. Their main distinguishing feature is the presence of a [[kinetoplast]], a [[DNA]]-containing granule inside the single [[mitochondrion]] at the base of the cell's flagella (the [[basal body]]). The kinetoplastids were first defined by Honigberg in 1961 as the flagellate order Kinetoplastida.<ref>{{cite book|title=Progress in Protozoology: proceedings of the first International Congress on protozoology held at Prague|author=Honigberg B.M|publisher=Academic Press|editor=Ludvík J|chapter=A contribution to systematics of the non-pigmented flagellates.|editor-last2=Lom J.|editor-last3=Vávra J.}}</ref> They are traditionally divided into the biflagellate [[Bodonidae]] and uniflagellate [[Trypanosomatidae]]. The Trypanosomatidae includes several genera which ar