Biology:Plasmodium beltrani

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Plasmodium beltrani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. beltrani
Binomial name
Plasmodium beltrani
Peláez and Perez-Reyes, 1952

Plasmodium beltrani is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. As in all Plasmodium species, P. beltrani has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are spiny lizards.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in Sceloporus variabilis in 1952.[1]

Description

P. beltrani infects some lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Its schizonts produce 23-48 merozoites, and its male and female gametocytes are the same size.[1]

Distribution

The parasite was initially isolated in Oaxaca, Mexico. However, it has also been found in Veracruz and Chiapas.[1]

Hosts

While P. beltrani was originally isolated from Sceloporus variabilis, it has also been found in Sceloporus teapensis and Sceloporus malachiticus.[1] In all known vertebrate hosts, P. beltrani appears to infect red blood cells. This infection deforms the red blood cells, however it is not known whether or to what extent this affects the health of the host.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7201842 entry