Giardia microti
Species of parasitic protozoan of rodents
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Giardia microti is a species of Diplomonad parasitic protozoan. Its hosts mainly consist of rodents in the family Cricetidae, which includes voles, mice, rats and muskrats, although they have also been detected from fish.[1][2]
| Giardia microti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Metamonada |
| Phylum: | Fornicata |
| Order: | Diplomonadida |
| Family: | Hexamitidae |
| Genus: | Giardia |
| Species: | G. microti |
| Binomial name | |
| Giardia microti Kofoid & Christiansen, 1915 | |
Recorded hosts
Giardia microti has been recorded as a parasite of the following animals:
- Lates calcarifer [3](Giant seaperch)
- Microtus arvalus[4] (Common vole)
- Microtus guentheri[5] (Günther's vole)
- Microtus ochrogaster[6] (Prairie vole)
- Myodes glareolus[3] (Bank vole)
- Ondatra zibethicus [7](Muskrat)
The species is the dominant parasite in the genera Microtus and Myodes.[1]
Phylogeny
Giardia microti is believed to be the sister taxon of the Giardia intestinalis group.[8]
