Novyella

Novyella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Novyella
Species

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Novyella is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parastic protozoa. The subgenus was created in 1963 by created by Corradetti et al..[1] Species in this subgenus infect birds. It unites the avian malaria parasites with small erythrocytic meronts and elongated gametocytes.

The type species is Plasmodium vaughani.

This subgenus was created on the basis of morphology. Subsequent DNA studies showed it to be polyphetic. It has been revised by Landau et al and currently contains only those species with a white/blue globule in the cytoplasm.[2] Several of the species that were included in this subgenus have now been moved to a new subgenus Papernaia.

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Novyella have the following characteristics:

Species in this subgenus

References

  1. Corradetti A., Garnham P. C. C., Laird M. (1963). "New classification of the avian malaria parasites". Parassitologia 5: 1–4. ISSN 0048-2951.
  2. Landau, I.; Chavatte, J.M.; Peters, W.; Chabaud, A. (2010). "The sub-genera of Avian Plasmodium". Parasite 17 (1): 3–7. doi:10.1051/parasite/2010171003. ISSN 1252-607X.