Cardiosporidium

Cardiosporidium
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Cardiosporidium
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Cardiosporidium cionae

Cardiosporidium is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. It infects the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.[1]

  1. ^ Hunter, Elizabeth (2020). "Metabolic Contributions of an Alphaproteobacterial Endosymbiont in the Apicomplexan Cardiosporidium cionae". Front. Microbiol. 11: 1–11. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.580719. PMC 7737231. PMID 33335517.