Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog'
Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' is an unclassified species of Babesia, identified from a 18S ribosomal gene partial sequence[1] performed in the investigation of dog piroplasms.[2]
| Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Kingdom: | Chromista |
| Subkingdom: | Harosa |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Family: | Babesiidae |
| Genus: | Babesia |
| Species: | B. sp. 'North Carolina dog' |
| Binomial name | |
| Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' | |
Unlike the other piroplasms investigated, the piroplasm is "in a distinct phylogenetic clade, closely related to babesial isolates from wildlife and humans from the Western US".[2]
References
- "Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence". 11 January 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via NCBI Nucleotide. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - AM Kjemtrup; AA Kocan; L Whitworth; J Meinkoth; AJ Birkenheuer; J Cummings; MK Boudreaux; SL Stockham; Irizarry-A Rovira; PA Conrad. (December 2000). "There are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs". Int J Parasitol. 30 (14): 1501–5. doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00120-x. PMID 11428342.
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