Glugea

Glugea is a genus of microsporidian parasites, predominantly infecting fish.

Glugea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Microsporidia
Class:
Haplophasea
Order:
Glugeida
Family:
Glugeidae
Genus:
Glugea

Species include

  • Glugea anomala
  • Glugea atherinae
  • Glugea capverdensis - a parasite of the fish Myctophum punctatum
  • Glugea caulleryi - a parasite of the greater sand eel Hyperoplus lanceolatus (a teleost fish)
  • Glugea heraldi - a parasite of the seahorse Hippocampus erectus
  • Glugea hertwigi - a parasite of the smelts Osmerus eperlanus and Osmerus mordax
  • Glugea merluccii - a parasite of the fish Merluccius hubbsi
  • Glugea nagelia - a parasite of the yellowfin hind, Cephalopholis hemistiktos[1]
  • Glugea plecoglossi
  • Glugea sardinellensis - a parasite of fish of the genus Sardinella[2]
  • Glugea shiplei - a parasite of fish of the genus Trisopterus
  • Glugea stephani - a parasite of the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (a pleuronectid flatfish)
  • Glugea vincentiae - a parasite of the Australian marine teleost fish, Vincentia conspersa
  • Glugea weissenbergi

References
  1. Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S.; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Rocha, Sonia; Dkhil, Mohamed A.; Casal, Graca; Azevedo, Carlos (2015). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Glugea nagelia sp. n. (Microsporidia: Glugeidae), infecting the intestinal wall of the yellowfin hind, Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Actinopterygii: Serranidae), from the Red Sea". Folia Parasitologica. 62. doi:10.14411/fp.2015.007. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 25960551.
  2. http://www.ejournals.eu/Acta-Protozoologica/2016/Issue-4/art/8478/


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