Giardia microti explained

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]}

Recorded hosts

Giardia microti has been recorded as a parasite of the following animals:The species is the dominant parasite in the genera Microtus and Myodes.

Phylogeny

Giardia microti is believed to be the sister taxon of the Giardia intestinalis group.^[3]

External links

• First record of Giardia microti - Kofoid & Christiansen, 1915

Notes and References

1. Helmy . Yosra A. . Spierling . Nastasja G. . Schmidt . Sabrina . Rosenfeld . Ulrike M. . Reil . Daniela . Imholt . Christian . Jacob . Jens . Ulrich . Rainer G. . Aebischer . Toni . Klotz . Christian . 2018-03-27 . Occurrence and distribution of Giardia species in wild rodents in Germany . Parasites & Vectors . 11 . 1 . 213 . 10.1186/s13071-018-2802-z . 1756-3305 . 5870188 . 29587877 . free .
2. Yang . Rongchang . Reid . Anna . Lymbery . Alan . Ryan . Una . 2010-06-01 . Identification of zoonotic Giardia genotypes in fish . International Journal for Parasitology . en . 40 . 7 . 779–785 . 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.12.001 . 20026124 . 0020-7519.
3. Monis . Paul . Andrews . Ross . Mayrhofer . Graham . Ey . Peter . 1999 . Molecular Systematics of the Parasitic Protozoan Giardia intestinalis . Mol. Biol. Evol. . 16 . 9 . 1135–1144 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026204 . 10486969 . 0737-4038. free .