Microsporidia
See also: microsporidia
Translingual
Etymology
Plural of microsporidium
Proper noun
Microsporidia
- The microsporidians, spore-forming unicellular parasites of animal hosts, of which fewer than 1% are believed to have been described.
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Fungi.
- A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota.[1]
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Protozoa): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Sarcomastigota - subkingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (phylum in Fungi): Apansporoblastina, Pansporoblastina - orders
- (phylum in Protozoa): Disporea, Metchnikovellea, Minisporea, Pleistophorea - classes[1]
- Metchnikovellida, Minisporida, Pleistophorida[1]; Microsporales - orders
- Nosematidae - family incertae sedis
- Metchnikovellida, Minisporida, Pleistophorida[1]; Microsporales - orders
References
- Microsporidia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Microsporidia at World Register of Marine Species
- Microsporidia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Microsporidia at MycoBank
- Microsporida on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Microsporea on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Microsporea at MycoBank
- Microspora at Encyclopedia of Life
- Microspora at MycoBank
- Microsporidia at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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