Kingdom Animalia Species B. obamai Rank Genus Subclass Digenea | Family Schistosomatidae Phylum Platyhelminthes Order Strigeidida | |
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Similar Digenea, Aptostichus barackobamai, Obamadon, Etheostoma obama, Siebenrockiella | ||
Die antwoord se va separar prohibio ir al homenaje a juanga padres drogados y baracktrema obamai
Baracktrema obamai is a species of blood fluke, found in Malaysian freshwater turtles. The discovery prompted the creation of a new genus, Baracktrema. It was discovered in 2015 by a team of American parasitologists led by Thomas R. Platt, and named after U.S. President Barack Obama. This naming was not to convey that Barack Obama was parasitic, but instead was to honor Mr. Obama due to Platt's respect for the parasites' resilience through tough odds.
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- Die antwoord se va separar prohibio ir al homenaje a juanga padres drogados y baracktrema obamai
- Morphology
- Life cycle
- References
B. obamai is likely an ancestor of the parasitic flatworms that cause schistosomiasis. It infects the lungs of host turtles, but is not currently known to infect humans. B. obamai is classified as a parasitic flatworm.
B. obamai has been seen to infect two kinds of turtles, the black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) and the Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis). Both turtles are found in Malaysia.
Morphology
Baracktrema has a thread-like, cylindrical, body by being 30 to 50 times longer than it is wide. Monoecious body type was detailed in the study, but generally, blood flukes have both monoecious and diecious stages. This genus, along with Unicaecum Stunkard, are the only genera to have a combination of:
Baracktrema was designated its own genus due to
Life cycle
Should resemble that of other turtle blood flukes. It is believed that the eggs of Baracktrema could be taken by the circulatory system to the aveoli, as seen in schistosomes. Baracktrema is believed to, alternatively or in addition to using the circulatory system, directly lay eggs in the lumen of the aveoli. With either mechanism, travel from the aveoli to the external environment is unknown, but suspected to be due to the combination of coughing and the bronchial escalator. It seems that eggs are released from the turtle and it is suspected, through laboratory observation, that upon contact with freshwater, the miracidium is released from the egg.