Plasmodium brumpti

Plasmodium brumpti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. brumpti
Binomial name
Plasmodium brumpti
Peláez and Perez-Reyes, 1952

Plasmodium brumpti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.[1] As in all Plasmodium species, P. brumpti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952 in the reptile Sceloporus borridus.[1] It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology.

Description

Plasmodium brumpti are differentiated from other Plasmodium species by several characteristics. In the blood of the reptile host, parasites in the schizont stage produce 12-22 merozoites. The gametocytes are elongated and ovular.[1] Both schizonts and gametocytes are fairly large, more than twice the size of the host cell nucleus.[1]

Distribution

P. brumpti has been found in reptiles in Morelos, Alpoyeca, and Puente de Ixtla, Mexico.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Telford SR (2008). "Plasmodium brumpti Pelaez and Perez-Reyes 1952". Hemoparasites of the Reptilia:Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781420080407.
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