On the taxonomic position of the genus Encephalitozoon Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923 (Protozoa: Microsporidia)
- 1 November 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 54 (4), 749-751
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000082755
Abstract
The structure of the spores of Encephalitozoon cuniculi Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923, shows that it belongs to the Order Microsporidia Balbiani, 1882 and that the genus Encephalitozoon is a synonym for the older Nosema Nägeli, 1857. Therefore, the species of Microsporidia described from mammals are now: Nosema cuniculi (Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923), Nosema rabiei (Manouelian & Viala, 1924) and Nosema chagasi (Torres, 1927). Another microsporidian in mammals is Thelohania apodemi (Doby, Jeannes & Rault, 1963).Keywords
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