Microsporidia are restricted to animal hosts, and all major groups of animals host microsporidia. Most infect insects, but they are also responsible for common diseases of crustaceans and …

Microsporidia are characterized by the production of resistant spores that vary in size (usually 1—4 µm for medically-important species). They possess a unique organelle, the polar tubule …

2023年8月28日 · Microsporidia are an unusually large group of unique, eukaryotic, obligate, intracellular parasites that biologists have studied for more than 150 years. Microsporidia are …

2023年8月10日 · Microsporidiosis is a disease caused by infection with microscopic organisms called microsporidia. Microsporidia are eukaryotic parasites that must live within other host …

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular spore-forming parasites that are fungi or closely related to them. Microsporidia used to be classified as protozoa. At least 15 of the > 1,400 species of …

2024年5月22日 · Microsporidia are intracellular spore-forming organisms that are ubiquitous in the environment and can infect a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, including …

Microsporidiosis is an opportunistic intestinal infection that causes diarrhea and wasting in immunocompromised individuals (HIV, for example). It results from different species of …

2021年10月1日 · Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens identified ∼150 years ago as the cause of pébrine, an economically important infection in silkworms. There are about 220 …

Microsporidiosis is infection caused by Microsporidia, which are parasitic fungi. Symptoms depend on the organs infected, but infections can cause diarrhea, other intestinal symptoms, or eye …

Microsporidia are a hyper-diverse phylum of spore-forming parasites infecting hosts from all major animal taxa in all global biomes (Box 1). The array of hosts is equally diverse, ranging from …