Genus Encephalitozoon Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923

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• Encephalitozoon Levaditi, C., Nicolau, S. & Schoen, M.R. 1923. L'agent Atiologique de l'encephalite Apizootique du lapin (Encephalitozoon cuniculi). Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 89: 984-986.

  Type species:

   Encephalitozoon cuniculi Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923 by monotypy.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia.

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (intestines)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Encephalitozoon have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

Associated Fauna References

Field, A.S., Hing, M.C., Milliken, S.T. & Marriott, D.J. 1993. Microsporidia in the small intestine of HIV-infected patients. A new diagnostic technique and a new species. Medical Journal of Australia 158: 390-394 (Homo sapiens)

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