Genus Nosema Nägeli, 1857

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• Nosema Nägeli, K.W. 1857. Uber die neue Krankheit der Seidenraupe und verwandte Organismen. Botanische Zeitung 15: 760–761.

  Type species:

   Nosema bombycis Nägeli, 1857 by original designation.

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.

Ecological Descriptors

Mallee, parasitic (host(s): Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (faeces (incidental finding)); Oncopera tindalei Common, 1966 [HEPIALIDAE] Tindale’s Grassgrub; Samea multiplicalis (Guenée, 1854) [PYRALIDAE] Moth (homogenate)).

Extra Ecological Information

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

Associated Fauna References

McDougall, R.J., Tandy, M.W., Boreham, R.E., Stenzel, D.J. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 1993. Incidential finding of a microsporidian parasite from an AIDS patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 31: 436-439 (Homo sapiens)

Milner, R.J., Hines, E. & Kassulke, R.C. 1987. Infection of Samea multiplicalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by two Nosema sp. (Protozoa: Microsporida). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26: 63-64 (Samea multiplicalis)

Milner, R.J. & Beaton, C.D. 1977. Pleistophora oncoperae sp. n. (Protozoa: Microsporida) from Oncopera alboguttata (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 29: 133-140 (Oncopera tindalei)

Semple, J.L. & Forno, I.W. 1987. Native parasitoids and pathogens attacking Samea multiplicalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Queensland. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26: 365-366 (Samea multiplicalis)

Wright, P.J. 1993. New records of entomopathogens infecting Oncopera spp. (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) larvae in Tasmania. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 61: 315-316 (Oncopera tindalei)

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