Lymphotropha
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| Lymphotropha | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Neogregarinorida |
| Family: | Schizocystidae |
| Genus: | Lymphotropha Ashford, 1965 |
| Species: | L. tribolii
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| Binomial name | |
| Lymphotropha tribolii Ashford, 1965
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Lymphotropha is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
History
[edit | edit source]This genus was described by Ashford in 1965.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]There is one species in this genus, Lymphotropha tribolii.
Life cycle
[edit | edit source]This genus infects the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.
The sporozoites enter the host by the oral route, usually by ingestion of contaminated food but also by cannibalism of an infected host.
Infection with this genus increases larval mortality and interferes with normal development.
References
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