Plasmodium giganteum
Plasmodium giganteum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. As in all Plasmodium species, P. giganteum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Plasmodium giganteum | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
Kingdom: | Chromista |
Subkingdom: | Harosa |
Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. giganteum |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium giganteum Theiler, 1930 | |
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Theiler in 1930.
Description
P. giganteum blood-stage parasites are described as being 2 to 6 times as large as the host cell nucleus. The gametocytes are round and elongated.[1]
Hosts
P. giganteum infects the rainbow lizard (Agama agama), as well as Agama mossambica and Agama cyanogaster.[1]
gollark: I think it's Harry Potter or something.
gollark: As ChervilHAXOR_ says, "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!".
gollark: I'm granting the https://pastebin.com/ABTgm[REDACTED] version the Seal of Probably Not Stealingness - only to the version of sha256 `e91c7f8595c106b4fbff2edf65cb4981bbb9b5b2ee97494f83942562511735f3`.
gollark: i.e. in case of a Krist outage, there may be transaction consistency issues, but that's really unlikely because then you couldn't pay the shop.
gollark: I am not certain that the error handling is particularly reliable, though.
References
- Telford SR (2009). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 14. ISBN 9781420080407.
Further reading
Schall, JJ; Bromwich, CR (April 1994). "Interspecific interactions tested: two species of malarial parasite in a West African lizard". Oecologia. 97 (3): 326–332. doi:10.1007/BF00317322.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.