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List of Plasmodium species False-colored electron micrograph of a sporozoite Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Clade: Diaphoretickes Clade: TSAR Clade: SAR Clade: Alveolata Phylum: Apicomplexa Class: Aconoidasida Order: Haemospororida Family: Plasmodiidae Genus: Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli, 1885 Subgenera Plasmodium (Bennettinia) Plasmodium (Carinamoeba) Plasmodium (Giovannolaia ...
All Plasmodium species are parasitic and must pass between a vertebrate host and an insect host to complete their life cycles. Different species of Plasmodium display different host ranges, with some species restricted to a single vertebrate and insect host, while other species can infect several species of vertebrates and/or insects.
The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum has many different mating types. When this organism has entered the stage of reproduction, it releases a chemical attractant. [ 49 ] When it comes time for the cells to fuse, Dictyostelium discoideum has mating types of its own that dictate which cells are compatible with each other.
The genome of Plasmodium falciparum was sequenced and published in the year 2002. [342] A species of malaria plasmodium tends to have rather polymorphic antigens which can serve as immune system targets. Some searches of P. falciparum genes for hotspots of encoded variations found sections of genes that when tested proved to encode for antigens.
The female mosquito of the genus Anopheles may carry the malaria parasite.Five different species of Plasmodium cause malaria in humans: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax [7] (see Plasmodium).
Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, responsible for most malarial infection.
Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. [2] The parasite is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and causes the disease's most dangerous form, falciparum malaria. P. falciparum is therefore regarded as the deadliest ...
P. polycephalum plasmodium cultivating two "islands" of agar substrate overlying a glass coverslip. Physarum polycephalum growing from an oat flake (center) towards hairy roots of the plant Valeriana officinalis (left). Physarum polycephalum has been shown to exhibit characteristics similar to those seen in single-celled creatures and eusocial ...