Biology:Plasmodium pulmophilium

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium pulmophilium
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. pulmophilium
Binomial name
Plasmodium pulmophilium
Killick-Kendrick, 1973

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

Description

Plasmodium pulmophilium was described from the blood of flying squirrels in the Ivory Coast.[1]

Distribution

Plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described in the Ivory Coast.[1]

Hosts

Plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described from the blood of Anomalurus peli. It is not known if it causes disease in this host.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7201947 entry