Helicosporidium
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Helicosporidium
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In taxonomy, Helicosporidium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Trebouxiophyceae.[2][3] It is an insect gut parasite, and a close relative of Prototheca.[4]
References
- ↑ Keilin, D. (1921). On the life history of Helicosporidium parasiticum n. g. sp., a new species of protist parasite in the larvae of Dashelaea obscura Winn (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and in some other arthropods. Parasitology 13: 97-113.
- ↑ Tartar, A., Boucias, D. G., Becnel, J. J., and Adams, B. J. (2003) Comparison of plastid 16S rRNA (rrn 16) genes from Helicosporidium spp.: evidence supporting the reclassification of Helicosporidia as green algae (Chlorophyta). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53, 1719–1723.
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Helicosporidium. Data extracted from the Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective (2003), p. 46
External links
Scientific references
- PubMed references for Helicosporidium
- PubMed Central references for Helicosporidium
- Google Scholar references for Helicosporidium
Scientific databases
- NCBI taxonomy page for Helicosporidium
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Helicosporidium
- Search Species2000 page for Helicosporidium
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