Plasmodium bertii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. bertii
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium bertii Gabaldon & Ulloa, 1981
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Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.[1][2]
Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.[1]
The parasite was first described[2] by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.[1]
Grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)