Plasmodium
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| Plasmodium | |
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| False-coloured electron micrograph o a Plasmodium sp. sporozoite. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Cless: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Faimily: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli, 1885 |
| Species | |
Plasmodium, commonly kent as the malaria parasite, is a lairge genus o parasitic protozoa. As wi some other genera o cleenically important microorganisms, the genus name an aa yields a common noun; thus species o the genus are kent as plasmodia. Infection wi plasmodia is kent as malaria, a deadly disease widespread in the tropics.
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