Buxtehudeidae

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Buxtehudeidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Microsporidia
Order:
Chytridiopsida
Family:
Buxtehudeidae

Larsson (1980)

Buxtehudeidae is a family of microsporidian fungi. It contains two species in two genera, Buxtehudea scaniae and Jiroveciana limnodrili . [1] Both genera are parasitic: [2] Buxtehudea infects archaeognath bristletails, while Jiroveciana infects tubifex worms. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LK, Tedersoo L, Haelewaters D, Rajeshkumar KC, et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa" (PDF). Mycosphere. 11 (1): 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . ISSN   2077-7019.
  2. ↑ Weiss, Louis M.; Becnel, James J. (2014). Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity (1 ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN   978-1-118-39522-6.
  3. ↑ Corsaro, Daniele; Wylezich, Claudia; Venditti, Danielle; Michel, Rolf; Walochnik, Julia; Wegensteiner, Rudolf (2018). "Filling gaps in the microsporidian tree: rDNA phylogeny of Chytridiopsis typographi (Microsporidia: Chytridiopsida)" . Parasitology Research. 118 (1): 169–180. doi:10.1007/s00436-018-6130-1. PMID   30421347.


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