Hamiltosporidium

Hamiltosporidium
Daphnia magna infected with Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Microsporidia
Order:
Meiodihaplophasida
Family:
Duboscqiidae
Genus:
Hamiltosporidium

Haag, 2010
Species

Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis
Hamiltosporidium magnivora

Hamiltosporidium is a genus of Microsporidia, which are intracellular and unicellular parasites.[1] The genus, proposed by Haag et al. in 2010, contains two species; Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis, and Hamiltosporidium magnivora.[2] Both species infect only the crustacean Daphnia magna (Waterflea).

D. magna and H. tvaerminnensis are a frequently used model organism to study coevolution and local adaptation.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Hamiltosporidium". www.uniprot.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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  3. ^ Altermatt, F.; Hottinger, F.W. & D. Ebert (2007). "Parasites promote host gene flow in a metapopulation" (PDF). Evolution Ecology. 21 (4): 561–575. doi:10.1007/s10682-006-9136-6. S2CID 4089977.
  4. ^ Zbinden, M.; Haag, C. R.; Ebert, D. (2008-07-01). "Experimental evolution of field populations of Daphnia magna in response to parasite treatment". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21 (4): 1068–1078. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01541.x. ISSN 1420-9101. PMID 18462312.