Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' is an unclassified species of Babesia, identified from a 18S ribosomal gene partial sequence[1] performed in the investigation of dog piroplasms.[2]
| Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Family: | Babesiidae |
| Genus: | Babesia |
| Species: | B. sp. 'North Carolina dog'
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| Binomial name | |
| Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' | |
Unlike the other piroplasms investigated, the piroplasm is "in a distinct phylogenetic clade, closely related to babesial isolates from wildlife and humans from the Western US".[2]
References
edit- ^ "Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence". 11 January 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via NCBI Nucleotide.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b AM Kjemtrup; AA Kocan; L Whitworth; J Meinkoth; AJ Birkenheuer; J Cummings; MK Boudreaux; SL Stockham; Irizarry-A Rovira; PA Conrad. (December 2000). "There are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs". Int J Parasitol. 30 (14): 1501–5. doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00120-x. PMID 11428342.