Plasmodium billcollinsi
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| Plasmodium billcollinsi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. billcollinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium billcollinsi Krief et al., 2010 | |
Plasmodium billcollinsi is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Laverania.
It is a parasitic protozoan found in chimpanzees in Central Africa.[1] The parasite is named in honour of the malariologist William E. Collins.[2]
Both P. billcollinsi and P. billbrayi were suggested based on mtDNA and nuclear gene sequences, in addition to having been obtained from chimpanzee samples.[3] Plasmodium billcollinsi is located at the root between P. falciparum and P. reichenowi.[4]
Distribution
Analysis made on 1,261 samples revealed that at least six Plasmodium species circulate in great apes in Gabon, with P. billcollinsi being found faecal samples from 791 chimpanzees.[5]
