Biology:Plasmodium foleyi

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium foleyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. foleyi
Binomial name
Plasmodium foleyi
Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel, 1952

Plasmodium foleyi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. foleyi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Description

This species was described by Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel in 1952. Its description was amended by Garnham and Uilenbe.

It was discovered in a splenectomised Lemur fulvus rufus in 1951 and it is named after Dr. H. Foley of the Pasteur Institute of Algeria.

The infected erythrocyte becomes enlarged.

Distribution

This species is found in Madagascar.

Hosts

The only known host is the lemur Lemur fulvus rufus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q12505748 entry