Trichomonas tenax pathogen

Trichomonas tenax was considered a commensal organism found under poor oral hygiene conditions. T. tenax presents morphological similarities with T. vaginalis, and there are doubts concerning whether this protist is a parasite and whether it is a genetic variant of T. vaginalis. T. tenax cause mammalian cell damage and compare its cytotoxicity with that of T. vaginalis. T. tenax attaches and has different forms when interacting with mammalian cells and cause damage with time-dependent host-cell viability.