Name - Helicosporidium Keilin 1921

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Variants and Synonyms

• Helicosporidium

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Original Description Reference

• On the life-history ofHelicosporidium parasiticum n. g., n. sp., a new type of Protist parasitic in the larva of Dasyhelea obscura Winn. (Diptera,Ceratopogonidae) and in some other Arthropods. Parasitology Cambridge, 13 1921: pp. 97-113. [Zoological Record Volume 58]

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Recent Publications

• Phylogenetic analysis identifies the invertebrate pathogen Helicosporidium sp. as a green alga (Chlorophyta).
• Comparison of plastid 16S rRNA (rrn16) genes from Helicosporidium spp.: Evidence supporting the reclassification of Helicosporidia as green algae (Chlorophyta).
• On the life-history ofHelicosporidium parasiticum n. g., n. sp., a new type of Protist parasitic in the larva of Dasyhelea obscura Winn. (Diptera,Ceratopogonidae) and in some other Arthropods.

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