Giardia microti

Giardia microti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Metamonada
Phylum: Fornicata
Order: Diplomonadida
Family: Hexamitidae
Genus: Giardia
Species:
G. microti
Binomial name
Giardia microti
Kofoid & Christiansen, 1915

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.

Recorded hosts

Giardia microti has been recorded as a parasite of the following animals:

The species is the dominant parasite in the genera Microtus and Myodes.

Phylogeny

Giardia microti is believed to be the sister taxon of the Giardia intestinalis group.

References

  1. 1 2 Helmy, Yosra A.; Spierling, Nastasja G.; Schmidt, Sabrina; Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.; Reil, Daniela; Imholt, Christian; Jacob, Jens; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Aebischer, Toni; Klotz, Christian (2018-03-27). "Occurrence and distribution of Giardia species in wild rodents in Germany". Parasites & Vectors. 11 (1): 213. doi:10.1186/s13071-018-2802-z. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 5870188. PMID 29587877.
  2. ↑ Yang, Rongchang; Reid, Anna; Lymbery, Alan; Ryan, Una (2010-06-01). "Identification of zoonotic Giardia genotypes in fish". International Journal for Parasitology. 40 (7): 779–785. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.12.001. ISSN 0020-7519. PMID 20026124.
  3. 1 2 "Giardia microti". Encyclopedia of Life.
  4. ↑ Koudela, B. (1994). "The ultrastructure of the intestinal microvillous border in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) naturally infected with Giardia microti" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 41 (4): 241–245. PMID 7883257.
  5. ↑ De Liberato, Claudio; Montalbano Di Filippo, Margherita; Sagrafoli, Daniele; Ferraro, Davide; Guadano Procesi, Isabel; Berrilli, Federica (Feb 2021). "Giardia microti in pet Microtus guentheri: Evidence of a parasite never detected in Italy". Parasitology International. 80 102207. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2020.102207. PMID 33059116. S2CID 222835263.
  6. ↑ Feely, Dennis E. (Feb 1988). "Morphology of the Cyst of Giardia microti by Light and Electron Microscopy". The Journal of Protozoology. 35 (1): 52–54. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1988.tb04075.x. PMID 3285001.
  7. ↑ Keulen, Harry van; Feely, Dennis E.; Macechko, P. Timothy; Jarroll, Edward L.; Erlandsen, Stanley L. (1998). "The Sequence of Giardia Small Subunit rRNA Shows That Voles and Muskrats Are Parasitized by a Unique Species Giardia microti". The Journal of Parasitology. 84 (2): 294–300. doi:10.2307/3284485. ISSN 0022-3395. JSTOR 3284485. PMID 9576501.
  8. ↑ Monis, Paul; Andrews, Ross; Mayrhofer, Graham; Ey, Peter (1999). "Molecular Systematics of the Parasitic Protozoan Giardia intestinalis". Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (9): 1135–1144. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026204. ISSN 0737-4038. PMID 10486969.