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    Trypanosoma pestanai

    Topic: Biology

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    Trypanosoma pestanai
    Scientific classification
    Domain:
    Eukaryota
    (unranked):
    Excavata
    Phylum:
    Euglenozoa
    Class:
    Kinetoplastida
    Order:
    Trypanosomatida
    Family:
    Trypanosomatidae
    Genus:
    Trypanosoma
    Species:
    T. pestanai
    Binomial name
    Trypanosoma pestanai

    Trypanosoma pestanai is a species of kinetoplastid trypanosomatid.[1]

    It causes disease in the European badger (Meles meles). Its vector is the badger flea (Paraceras melis).[2]

    References

    1. ↑ "Species Trypanosoma pestanai". UniProt. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/78086. Retrieved 7 July 2013. 
    2. ↑ Regina Lizundia; Chris Newman; Christina D. Buesching; Daniel Ngugi; Damer Blake; Yung Wa Sin; David W. Macdonald; Alan Wilson et al. (February 14, 2011). "Evidence for a Role of the Host-Specific Flea (Paraceras melis) in the Transmission of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai to the European Badger". PLOS ONE 6 (2): e16977. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016977. PMID 21340028. 

    Wikidata ☰ Q9362059 entry




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