| Giardia microti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Metamonada |
| Order: | Diplomonadida |
| Family: | Hexamitidae |
| Genus: | Giardia |
| Species: | G. microti
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| Binomial name | |
| Giardia microti Kofoid & Christiansen, 1915
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Giardia microti is a species of Diplomonad parasitic protozoan. Its hosts mainly consist of rodents in the family Cricetidae, which includes voles, mice, rats and muskrats, although they have also been detected from fish.[1][2]
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