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Hypermastigia
Subject h. Hypermastigia Subject h. Hypermastigia Scope note in English A class of endosymbiont EUKARYOTES, in the group PARABASALIDEA, that are obligate mutualists in the digestive tracts of wood-eating insects. Hypermastigotes produce CELLULASE that breaks down the cellulose in wood so that insects can metabolize it. subject heading
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