''Postgaardi mariagerensis'' is a species of single-celled

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in the

Euglenozoa Euglenozoa are a large group of flagellate Discoba. They include a variety of common free-living species, as well as a few important parasites, some of which infect humans. Euglenozoa are represented by four major groups, ''i.e.,'' Kinetoplastea, ...

. Some have classified it in a class called Postgaardea along with '' Calkinsia'', but as of 2009, ''Postgaardi'' is not well enough known to confidently determine its relationship with other organisms in the Euglenozoa. Both it and ''Calkinsia'' do live in low oxygen environments and are covered with bacteria which live on their surface.

Species

The only species in the genus ''Postgaardi'' is ''P. mariagerensis''.

Species

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