Biology:Plasmodium billbrayi
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Short description: Species of single-celled organism
| Plasmodium billbrayi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. billbrayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium billbrayi Krief et al., 2010
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Plasmodium billbrayi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Laverania.
P. billbrayi is phylogenetically very close to Plasmodium gaboni,[1] with both sharing a recent common ancestor.[2] The parasite is named in honour of the distinguished malariologist “Bill” Robert Stow Bray (1923–2008).[2]
Taxonomy
Plasmodium billbrayi was first described along with Plasmodium billcollinsi by Krief et al. in February 2010, by sequencing the whole Plasmodium mitochondrial genome in chimpanzees.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in East Africa.[1]
Hosts
Plasmodium billbrayi infects common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii).[1][3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Prugnolle, Franck; Durand, Patrick; Ollomo, Benjamin; Duval, Linda; Ariey, Frédéric; Arnathau, Céline; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul; Leroy, Eric et al. (2011). "A Fresh Look at the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the Most Malignant Malaria Agent". PLOS Pathogens 7 (2): e1001283. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001283. PMID 21383971.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Krief; Escalante, Ananias A.; Pacheco, M. Andreina; Mugisha, Lawrence; André, Claudine; Halbwax, Michel; Fischer, Anne; Krief, Jean-Michel et al. (2010). "On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos". PLOS Pathogens 6 (2): e1000765. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000765. PMID 20169187.
- ↑ Duval, Linda; Fourment, Mathieu; Nerrienet, Eric; Rousset, Dominique; Sadeuh, Serge A.; Goodman, Steven M.; Andriaholinirina, Nicole V.; Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona et al. (8 June 2010). "African apes as reservoirs of Plasmodium falciparum and the origin and diversification of the Laverania subgenus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (23): 10561–10566. doi:10.1073/pnas.1005435107. PMID 20498054. Bibcode: 2010PNAS..10710561D.
Wikidata ☰ Q30682861 entry
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