A New Model Trypanosomatid,
Novymonas esmeraldas
: Genomic Perception of Its “
Candidatus
Pandoraea novymonadis” Endosymbiont
Novymonas esmeraldas
is a parasitic flagellate of the family Trypanosomatidae representing the closest insect-restricted relative of the human pathogen
Leishmania
. It bears symbiotic bacteria in its cytoplasm, the relationship with which has been established relatively recently and independently from other known endosymbioses in protists.