Colección Biológica del grupo de Estudios Relación Parásito Hospedero
Plasmodium (Novyella) homopolare (Walther et al., 2014)
Taxonomic hierarchy
Reino Protista Phylum Apicomplexa Order Hemosporidian Family Plasmodidae Genus Plasmodium Species Plasmodium homopolare
Type Host
GERPH Scientific name Collection GenBank number
None Melospiza melodia KJ482708 Typical stages of P. homopolare A) Trophozoite reported B)Meront C) Macrogametocytes D) Microgametocyte; Bar = 10 μm.
Host With Material Deposited in GERPH
Collection Scientific name Status GenBank number Atlapetes KF537280 GERPH-04815-7 None reported albinucha KF537287 GERPH-04822-4 GERPH-05318-21 KF537291 GERPH-05603-5 Zonotrichia KF537286 GERPH-05617-20 None reported capensis KF537281 GERPH-05368-71 KF537289 GERPH-05349-51 GERPH-04801-3 GERPH-07316-8 KF537278 Myiothlypis GERPH-04761-5 None reported KF537288 coronata GERPH05415-6 KF537294 Anisognathus GERPH-05431-3 None reported KF537289 somptuosus Chlorospingus GERPH-07336-9 None reported None reported flavigularis Myioborus GERPH-04825-9 None reported None reported ornatus To identify this species is necessary to pay attention to the strictly polar position of erythrocyte trophozoites and meronts, this characteristic is shared by P. Main Characters polare but the latter produces larger meronts composed maximum by 16 merozoites, compared to P. homopolare which produces maximum 8 merozoites per meront. Specimen Category Blood smear and DNA Altitudinal Distribution in Colombia Los Nevados NNP 450 – 1600 m a.s.l distribution
Global Distribution North and South America
Pathology Unknow Vectors Unknow
Bibliography Supported by: Departamento Administrativo de - Walther, E. L., Valkiūnas, G., González, A. D., Matta, N. E., Ricklefs, R. E., Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación COLCIENCIAS Cornel, A., & Sehgal, R. N. (2014). Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World avian malaria (contracts Nos. 556- 2014, 0737-2013 and 359-2011) parasite (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), Plasmodium (Novyella) Contact: [email protected] homopolare sp. nov. Parasitology research, 113(9), 3319-3332.
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