Domain Eukaryota Suborder Babesiina Rank Genus | Family Babesiidae | |
Similar Piroplasmida, Babesia, Babesia bovis | ||
Microbabesia is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa.
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History
This genus was described by the Dutch scientist Sohns in 1918 while in the Dutch East Indies.
This species and genus has not been redescribed since.
Note
The genus Microbabesia may be synonymous with that of Babesia. Further work in this area will be need to clarify this.
References
Microbabesia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA