Generation of a Microsporidia Species Attribute Database and Analysis of the Extensive Ecological and Phenotypic Diversity of Microsporidia

Brandon M. Murareanu; Ronesh Sukhdeo; Rui Qu; Jason Jiang; Aaron W. Reinke

doi:10.1128/mBio.01490-21

mBio (Jun 2021)

Generation of a Microsporidia Species Attribute Database and Analysis of the Extensive Ecological and Phenotypic Diversity of Microsporidia

Brandon M. Murareanu,
Ronesh Sukhdeo,
Rui Qu,
Jason Jiang,
Aaron W. Reinke

Affiliations

Brandon M. Murareanu: Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ronesh Sukhdeo: Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rui Qu: Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jason Jiang: Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aaron W. Reinke: ORCiD; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01490-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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Microsporidia are a large group of parasites that cause death and disease in humans and many agriculturally important animal species. To fully understand the diverse properties of these parasites, we curated species reports from the last 160 years.

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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