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Plasmodium bouillize

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Plasmodium bouillize
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. bouillize
Binomial name
Plasmodium bouillize
Ledger, 1922

Plasmodium bouillize is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. bouillize has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy

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Plasmodium bouillize was first described by Ledger in 1922.

Hosts

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Plasmodium bouillize's only known host is the monkey Cercopithecus campbelli.

References

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