Sarcocystidae

Sarcocystidae
Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Sarcocystidae Poche 1913
Genera
Besnoitia Cystoisospora Frenkelia Hammondia Hyaloklossia Neospora Nephroisospora Sarcocystis Toxoplasma

The Sarcocystidae are a family of Apicomplexa associated with a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.

Taxonomy

Genera in this family include:

• Besnoitia
• Cystoisospora
• Frenkelia
• Nephroisospora
• Neospora
• Sarcocystis
• Toxoplasma

Evolution

The genera Neospora and Toxoplasma appear to have diverged about 28  million years ago. ^[1]

References

1. Reid AJ, Vermont SJ, Cotton JA, et al. (2012). "Comparative genomics of the apicomplexan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum: Coccidia differing in host range and transmission strategy". PLOS Pathog. 8 (3) e1002567. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002567 . PMC   3310773 . PMID   22457617.

External links

• Overview at webends.com Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Sarcocystidae at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Genes ^{[ dead link ]}