Loma (microsporidian)
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[1]
- Loma salmonae - a parasite of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp.[2]
- Loma trichiuri - a parasite of a marine trichiurid fish, Trichiurus savala
References
- ^ Carlos Azevedoa and Edilson Matos (2002), "Fine structure of a new species, Loma myrophis (Phylum Microsporidia), parasite of the Amazonian fish Myrophis platyrhynchus (Teleostei, Ophichthidae)", European Journal of Protistology 37 (4): 445–452, doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00843
- ^ Shaw, Rw; Kent, Ml; Adamson, Ml (Jun 1998), "Modes of transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia)", Diseases of aquatic organisms 33 (2): 151–6, doi:10.3354/dao033151, ISSN 0177-5103, PMID 9722404