Glugea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Rozellomycota |
Class: | Microsporidia |
Order: | Glugeida |
Family: | Glugeidae |
Genus: | Glugea Thélohan, 1891 |
Glugea is a genus of microsporidian parasites, predominantly infecting fish. [1] [2] Infections of Glugea cause xenoma formation. [1]
Currently, Phylogenetic tree of this genus seem unreliable, as not enough evidence is present, [1] therefore species with their common hosts are given in a list:
Spraguea lophii has formerly been described as G. americanus. [1]
Microgemma caulleryi that infects the greater sand eel was previously classified as G. caulleryi. [7]