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Sporozoa

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Spo`ro`zo´a    (~zō´å)
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.
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Noun1.Sporozoa - strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
class Sporozoa
phylum Protozoa, Protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan
subclass Telosporidia, Telosporidia - parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
genus Plasmodium - type genus of the family Plasmodiidae
Acnidosporidia, subclass Acnidosporidia - a subclass of Sporozoa
Cnidosporidia, subclass Cnidosporidia - single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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It belongs to the subphylum Apicomplexa, class Sporozoa, and exists in nature in 3 forms: the oocyst (which releases sporozoites), the tissue cyst (which contains and may release bradyzoites), and the tachyzoite.
Toxoplasmosis in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient by Weinrach, David M.; Oviedo, Angelica / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
[FIGURES 5-6 OMITTED] In addition to the above diseases, notable but occasional attacks of parasitic protozoans such as Sporozoa (unpublished data) (Figs.
The status of abalone culture in China by Wang, Suping / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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