Figure 2

Phylogeny of cercomonads. BioNJ bootstrap tree (1000 replicates; corrected for Γ & I) of a subset of known cercomonad lineages, representing all known main cercomonad clades and genera (Cercomonas, Eocercomonas, and Paracercomonas) as defined by Karpov et al. [14]. The composition and phylogenetic position of the groups α, β, and γ forming the basis of this study are shown. A group-specific primer set was designed for each of these groups (see Methods).