Plasmodium bertii

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Plasmodium bertii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. bertii
Binomial name
Plasmodium bertii
Gabaldon & Ulloa, 1981

Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.[1][2]

Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.[1]

Description[edit]

The parasite was first described[2] by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.[1]

Host record[edit]

Grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Landau, I.; Chavatte, J.M.; Peters, W.; Chabaud, Alain (2010). "The sub-genera of Avian Plasmodium". Parasite. 17 (1). EDP Sciences: 3–7. doi:10.1051/parasite/2010171003. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 20387732.Open access icon
  2. ^ a b Gabaldon A, Ulloa G (1981) A new species of the subgenus Novyella (Haemosporina, Plasmodiidae) from Aramides cajanea (Gruiformes, Rallidae). In: Canning EV (ed) Parasitological topics. A presentation volume to P. C. C. Garnham on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Special Publication no. 1. Allen Press, Lawrence, pp 100–105