Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis

Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Discosea
Order:	Dactylopodida
Family:	Vexilliferidae
Genus:	Neoparamoeba
Species:	N. pemaquidensis
Binomial name
	Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis; (Page, 1970) Page, 1987
Synonyms
	Paramoeba pemaquidensisPage, 1970

Last updated May 05, 2025

Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis is a single-celled species of marine amoebozoan in the genus Neoparamoeba . The species is also called Paramoeba pemaquidensis.^[1]

Its closely related sister species, Neoparamoeba perurans, is the agent of amoebic gill disease, which affects Atlantic salmon and other farmed fishes.^[2]

References

↑ Feehan, CJ (2013). "Validating the identity of Paramoeba invadens, the causative agent of recurrent mass mortality of sea urchins in Nova Scotia, Canada". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 103 (3): 209–227. doi: 10.3354/dao02577 . PMID 23574707 – via Inter-Research Science Publisher.
↑ Johnson-MacKinnon, Jessica C (2019). "Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) and Random Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Comparisons of Geographic Isolates of Neoparamoeba perurans, the Causative Agent of Amoebic Gill Disease". Pathogens. 8 (4): 244. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040244 . PMC 6963586 . PMID 31752364.

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[1] Feehan, CJ (2013). "Validating the identity of Paramoeba invadens, the causative agent of recurrent mass mortality of sea urchins in Nova Scotia, Canada". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 103 (3): 209–227. doi: 10.3354/dao02577 . PMID 23574707 – via Inter-Research Science Publisher.

[2] Johnson-MacKinnon, Jessica C (2019). "Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) and Random Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Comparisons of Geographic Isolates of Neoparamoeba perurans, the Causative Agent of Amoebic Gill Disease". Pathogens. 8 (4): 244. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040244 . PMC 6963586 . PMID 31752364.

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