''Plasmodium brumpti'' is a parasite of the genus ''
Plasmodium
''Plasmodium'' is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of ''Plasmodium'' species involve development in a blood-feeding insect host which then injects parasites into a ver ...
'' subgenus ''
Sauramoeba''.
As in all ''Plasmodium'' species, ''P. brumpti'' has both
vertebrate
Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () (chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, with c ...
and
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...
hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are
reptiles.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952 in the reptile ''
Sceloporus borridus''.
[ It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology.
]
Description
''Plasmodium brumpti'' are differentiated from other ''Plasmodium'' species by several characteristics. In the blood of the reptile host, parasites in the schizont
Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism is ...
stage produce 12-22 merozoite
Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism is ...
s. The gametocyte
A gametocyte is a eukaryotic germ cell that divides by mitosis into other gametocytes or by meiosis into gametids during gametogenesis. Male gametocytes are called ''spermatocytes'', and female gametocytes are called ''oocytes''.
Development
...
s are elongated and ovular.[ Both schizonts and gametocytes are fairly large, more than twice the size of the host cell nucleus.][
]
Distribution
''P. brumpti'' has been found in reptiles in Morelos, Alpoyeca
Alpoyeca is a city and the seat of the Alpoyeca Municipality, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the so ...
, and Puente de Ixtla
Puente de Ixtla is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at .
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 66,435 inhabitants in the year 2015 census.
The town gets ...
, Mexico.[
]
See also
* List of Plasmodium species infecting reptiles
References
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