Buxtehudeidae is a family of microsporidian fungi. It contains two species in two genera, Buxtehudea scaniae and Jiroveciana limnodrili.[1] Both genera are parasitic:[2] Buxtehudea infects archaeognath bristletails, while Jiroveciana infects tubifex worms.[3]
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References
edit- ^ Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LK, Tedersoo L, Haelewaters D, Rajeshkumar KC, et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa" (PDF). Mycosphere. 11 (1): 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. ISSN 2077-7019.
- ^ Weiss, Louis M.; Becnel, James J. (2014). Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity (1 ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-1-118-39522-6.
- ^ Corsaro, Daniele; Wylezich, Claudia; Venditti, Danielle; Michel, Rolf; Walochnik, Julia; Wegensteiner, Rudolf (2018). "Filling gaps in the microsporidian tree: rDNA phylogeny of Chytridiopsis typographi (Microsporidia: Chytridiopsida)". Parasitology Research. 118 (1): 169–180. doi:10.1007/s00436-018-6130-1. PMID 30421347.
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