Besnoitia besnoiti
| Besnoitia besnoiti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Sarcocystidae |
| Genus: | Besnoitia |
| Species: | B. besnoiti
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| Binomial name | |
| Besnoitia besnoiti (Franco and Borges, 1916)
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Besnoitia besnoiti is an important parasite that can afflict livestock.[1] In particular, cattle are vulnerable to B. besnoiti.
Genetics[]
This species has roughly 8,500 genes spread out over 13 chromosomes. [2]
References[]
- ^ Olias, P.; Schade, B.; Mehlhorn, H. (2011). "Molecular pathology, taxonomy and epidemiology of Besnoitia species (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae)". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 11 (7): 1564–76. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2011.08.006. PMID 21906696.
- ^ "Besnoitia besnoiti (ID 62526) - Genome - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
Further reading[]
Alvarez-Garcia, G; Garcia-Lunar, P; Gutierrez-Exposito, D; Shkap, V; Ortega-Mora, LM (September 2014). "Dynamics of Besnoitia besnoiti infection in cattle". Parasitology. 141 (11): 1419–1435. doi:10.1017/S0031182014000729. PMID 24871877.
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