Plasmodium brumpti

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Plasmodium brumpti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. brumpti
Binomial name
Plasmodium brumpti
Peláez and Perez-Reyes, 1952

Plasmodium brumpti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba . [1] As in all Plasmodium species, P. brumpti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952 in the reptile Sceloporus borridus . [1] It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology.

Description

Plasmodium brumpti are differentiated from other Plasmodium species by several characteristics. In the blood of the reptile host, parasites in the schizont stage produce 12-22 merozoites. The gametocytes are elongated and ovular. [1] Both schizonts and gametocytes are fairly large, more than twice the size of the host cell nucleus. [1]

Distribution

P. brumpti has been found in reptiles in Morelos, Alpoyeca, and Puente de Ixtla, Mexico. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Telford SR (2008). "Plasmodium brumpti Pelaez and Perez-Reyes 1952". Hemoparasites of the Reptilia:Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN   9781420080407.
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