Microsporidia

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Translingual

Etymology

Plural of New Latin microsporidium.

Proper noun

Microsporidia

  1. The microsporidians, spore-forming unicellular parasites of animal hosts, of which fewer than 1% are believed to have been described.
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Fungi.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI