Apicomplexa
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Description: Information on this diverse group of over 5000 species including the coccidia Cryptosporidium, Isospora, Cyclospora, Toxaplasma, Babesia and Theileria which can all infect humans.
The apicomplexa are a monophyletic group composed almost entirely of parasitic (ie, no free-living) species. Apicomplexa, along with ciliates and dinoflagellates, form a higher order group known as Alveolata. A major defining characteristic of the this group are flattened vesicle-like structures--called cortical alveolae--which are found just underneath the plasma membrane. Formerly the apicomplexa were part of a group called sporozoa and this name is still sometimes used. There have been some suggestions to revert back to the name sporozoa (Cox,
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| Page title: | Apicomplexa |
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| IP-address: | 129.81.226.76 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS1.TULANE.EDU 129.81.16.37, 2620:10a:3000:3016::37 NS2.TULANE.EDU 129.81.237.3, 2620:10a:30f0:0100::2 |
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| Date | activated: 14-Apr-1987 last updated: 23-Feb-2012 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |