Plasmodium achromaticum

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Plasmodium achromaticum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. achromaticum
Binomial name
Plasmodium achromaticum
Yakimoff and Stolinikoff, 1912

Plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

As in all Plasmodium species, P. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy[]

The parasite was first described by Yakimoff and Stolinikoff in 1912.

Vectors[]

Not known.

Hosts[]

The only known host for this species is the bat .

References[]


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