Biology:Plasmodium japonicum
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Short description: Species of single-celled organism
| Plasmodium japonicum | |
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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. japonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium japonicum Ishiguro, 1957
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Plasmodium japonicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. japonicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
The parasite was first described by Ishiguro in 1957.[1]
References
- ↑ Manwell, R. D. (1966). "Plasmodium japonicum, P. juxtanucleare and P. nucleophilum in the Far East". The Journal of Protozoology 13 (1): 8–11. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1966.tb01860.x. PMID 5912391.
Wikidata ☰ Q7201905 entry
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