Postgaardi mariagerensis is a species of single-celled eukaryote in the Euglenozoa. 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.[1] Both it and Calkinsia do live in low oxygen environments and are covered with bacteria which live on their surface.[1]
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Class: | Postgaardea[1]
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Order: | Postgaardida Cavalier-Smith 2003
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Family: | Postgaardidae Cavalier-Smith 2016
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Genus: | Postgaardi Fenchel et al. 1995
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The only species in the genus Postgaardi is P. mariagerensis.[1][2]