Loma (microsporidian)

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Loma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Microsporidia
Class: Haplophasea
Order: Gluegeida
Family: Glugeidae
Genus: Loma

Loma is a genus of microsporidian parasites, infecting fish. The taxomomic 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
  • Loma salmonae - a parasite of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp.
  • Loma trichiuri - a parasite of a marine trichiurid fish, Trichiurus savala
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