Biology:Plasmodium michikoa

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium michikoa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. michikoa
Binomial name
Plasmodium michikoa
Telford, 1988

Plasmodium michikoa is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.

Like all Plasmodium species P. michikoa has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Description

The parasite was first described by Telford in 1988.[1]

Geographical occurrence

This species was described in Tanzania.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known hosts are chameleons (Chamaeleo species)

References

  1. Telford SR Jr. (1988) Studies on African saurian malarias: five Plasmodium species from chamaeleons of the Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Int. J. Parasitol. 18(2):197-219

Further reading

  • Klaver, Charles; Böhme, Wolfgang (August 1990). "Clarification of the taxonomic status of a host of two new Plasmodium species". International Journal for Parasitology 20 (5): 693. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(90)90131-6. 

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