Biology:Crithidia bombi

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Short description: Species of protozoa

Crithidia bombi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Order: Trypanosomatida
Family: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: Crithidia
Species:
C. bombi
Binomial name
Crithidia bombi
Lipa and Triggiani, 1988[1]

Crithidia bombi is a parasitic protist from the order Trypanosomatida. It is the most prevalent parasite of bumblebees.

Ecology

Crithidia bombi is an important parasite of various bumblebee species, including common species like Bombus terrestris, Bombus muscorum, and Bombus hortorum.[2][3] The parasites negatively impact reproductive fitness of Bombus queens, as they affect their ovarian development as well as early colony establishment after the queens emerge from hibernation.[4]

References

  1. "Crithidia bombi sp. n. a flagellated parasite of a bumble-bee Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". Acta Protozoologica 27: 3–4. 1988. 
  2. Runckel, Charles; DeRisi, Joseph; Flenniken, Michelle L. (2014-04-17). "A Draft Genome of the Honey Bee Trypanosomatid Parasite Crithidia mellificae". PLOS ONE 9 (4): e95057. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095057. PMID 24743507. Bibcode2014PLoSO...995057R. 
  3. Baer, B. and P. Schmid-Hempel (2001). "Unexpected consequences of polyandry for parasitism and fitness in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris". Evolution 55 (8): 1639–1643. doi:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1639:ucopfp2.0.co;2]. PMID 11580023. 
  4. Erler, Silvio; Popp, Mario; Wolf, Stephan; Lattorff, H. Michael G. (2012-05-01). "Sex, horizontal transmission, and multiple hosts prevent local adaptation of Crithidia bombi, a parasite of bumblebees (Bombus spp.)". Ecology and Evolution 2 (5): 930–940. doi:10.1002/ece3.250. ISSN 2045-7758. PMID 22837838. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19276487 entry