Biology:Buxtehudeidae

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Short description: Genus of parasitic fungi

Buxtehudeidae
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Buxtehudeidae

Larsson (1980)

Buxtehudeidae is a family of microsporidian fungi. It contains two species in two genera, Buxtehudea scaniae and Jiroveciana limnodrili.[1] Both genera are parasitic:[2] Buxtehudea infects archaeognath bristletails, while Jiroveciana infects tubifex worms.[3]

References

  1. "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11 (1): 1060–1456. 2020. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. ISSN 2077-7019. http://www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHERE_11_1_8-1.pdf. 
  2. Weiss, Louis M.; Becnel, James J. (2014). Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity (1 ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 978-1-118-39522-6. 
  3. Corsaro, Daniele; Wylezich, Claudia; Venditti, Danielle; Michel, Rolf; Walochnik, Julia; Wegensteiner, Rudolf (2018). "Filling gaps in the microsporidian tree: rDNA phylogeny of Chytridiopsis typographi (Microsporidia: Chytridiopsida)". Parasitology Research. doi:10.1007/s00436-018-6130-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-018-6130-1. 

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