Plasmodium pessoai
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| Plasmodium pessoai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. pessoai |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium pessoai Ayala et al., 1978 | |
Plasmodium pessoai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. pessoai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
The parasite was first described by Ayala et al. in 1978.[1] The species is named after Dr Samuel B Pessoa - a parasitologist at the Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.
Morphologically this species appears to be related to Plasmodium aurulentum.
Description
The gametocytes are small and sausage shaped (10.4 x 4.6 micrometres)
Immature schizonts often contain a digestive vacuole.
Mature schizonts are spherical or bouquet-shaped and produce 22 - 32 merozoites. They may possess an intensely staining magenta or rose-coloured substance in the matrix of the surrounding vacuole.
