Species Encephalitozoon intestinalis (Cali, Kotler & Orenstein, 1993)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Septata intestinalis Cali, A., Kotler, D.P. & Orenstein, J.M. 1993. Septata intestinalis n. g., n. sp., an intestinal microsporidian associated with chronic diarrhea and dissemination in AIDS patients. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 40(1): 101-112.

Generic Combinations

• Encephalitozoon intestinalis (Cali et al., 1993). —
  Hartskeerl, R.A., Van Gool, T., Schuitema, A.R., Didier, E.S. & Terpstra, W.J. 1995. Genetic and immunological characterization of the microsporidian Septata intestinalis Cali, Kotler and Orenstein, 1993: reclassification to Encephalitozoon intestinalis. Parasitology 110(3): 277-285 [Date published April]

Introduction

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

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); Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) [PHASCOLARCTIDAE] Koala (intestines (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Canning, E.U., Field, A.S., Hing, M.C. & Marriott, D.J. 1994. Further observations on the ultrastructure of Septata intestinalis Cali, Kotler and Orenstein, 1993. European Journal of Protistology 30: 414-422 (Homo sapiens)

Field, A.S. 2002. Light microscopic and electron microscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients. Pathology 34: 21-35 (Homo sapiens)

Field, A.S., Marriott, D.J. & Hing, M.C. 1993. The Warthin-Starry stain in the diagnosis of small intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 40: 261-266 (Homo sapiens)

Kotler, D.P. & Orenstein, J.M. 1998. Clinical syndromes associated with microsporidiosis. Advances in Parasitology 40: 321-349 (Homo sapiens)

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp. (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Nimmo, J.S., Snowden, K. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2007. Fatal encephalitozoonosis in two koalas. Australian Veterinary Journal 85: 428-432 (Phascolarctos cinereus)

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