Ichthyophonus

Ichthyophonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Eukarya
(unranked) Opisthokonta
(unranked) Choanozoa or Holozoa
Class: Mesomycetozoea
Order: Ichthyophonida
Genus: Ichthyophonus

Ichthyophonus is a genus of unicellular parasites of fish.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Ragan MA, Goggin CL, Cawthorn RJ, et al (October 1996). "A novel clade of protistan parasites near the animal-fungal divergence". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (21): 11907–12. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.21.11907. PMC 38157. PMID 8876236. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=38157. 
  2. ^ Hershberger PK, Pacheco CA, Gregg JL, Purcell MK, LaPatra SE (October 2008). "Differential survival of Ichthyophonus isolates indicates parasite adaptation to its host environment". J. Parasitol. 94 (5): 1055–9. doi:10.1645/GE-1553.1. PMID 18576846.