Loma (microsporidian)
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| Loma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Rozellomycota |
| Class: | Microsporidia |
| Order: | Glugeida |
| Family: | Glugeidae |
| Genus: | Loma Morrison & Sprague, 1981 |
Loma is a genus of microsporidian parasites, infecting fish. The taxonomic position of Loma in the family Glugeidae has been questioned by DNA sequencing results.
Species include
- Loma acerinae – formerly placed in Glugea
- Loma branchialis – the type species
- Loma camerounensis – a parasite of the cichlid fish, Oreochromis niloticus
- Loma dimorpha
- Loma morhua
- Loma myriophis – parasite of the ophichthid fish, Myrophis platyrhynchus[1]
- Loma salmonae – a parasite of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp.[2]
- Loma trichiuri - a parasite of a marine trichiurid fish, Trichiurus savala
