Biology:Plasmodium brumpti
| Plasmodium brumpti | |
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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. brumpti
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium brumpti Peláez and Perez-Reyes, 1952
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Plasmodium brumpti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.[1] As in all Plasmodium species, P. brumpti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952 in the reptile Sceloporus borridus.[1] It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology.
Description
Plasmodium brumpti are differentiated from other Plasmodium species by several characteristics. In the blood of the reptile host, parasites in the schizont stage produce 12-22 merozoites. The gametocytes are elongated and ovular.[1] Both schizonts and gametocytes are fairly large, more than twice the size of the host cell nucleus.[1]
Distribution
P. brumpti has been found in reptiles in Morelos, Alpoyeca, and Puente de Ixtla, Mexico.[1]
See also
- List of Plasmodium species infecting reptiles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Telford SR (2008). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia:Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781420080407. https://books.google.com/books?id=QPP0yi0Zq3cC&q=Plasmodium+brumpti&pg=PA94.
Wikidata ☰ Q7201851 entry
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