Glugea is a genus of microsporidian parasites, predominantly infecting fish.[1] Infections of Glugea cause xenoma formation. [1]

Glugea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Rozellomycota
Class: Microsporidea
Order: Glugeida
Family: Glugeidae
Genus: Glugea

Currently, Phylogenetic tree of this genus seem unreliable, as not enough evidence is present, [1] therefore species with their common hosts are given in a list:


Spraguea lophii has formerly been described as G. americanus.[1]

Microgemma caulleryi that infects the greater sand eel was previously classified as G. caulleryi.[6]


References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lom, J. (2002). "A catalogue of described genera and species of microsporidians parasitic in fish". Systematic Parasitology. 53 (2): 81–99. doi:10.1023/A:1020422209539. PMID 12386417.
  2. ^ Pekcan-Hekim, Z.; Rahkonen, R.; Horppila, J. (2005). "Occurrence of the parasite Glugea hertwigi in young-of-the-year smelt in Lake Tuusulanjärvi". Journal of Fish Biology. 66 (2): 583–588. Bibcode:2005JFBio..66..583P. doi:10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00617.x.
  3. ^ Abdel-Baki, A.-A. S.; Al-Quraishy, S.; Rocha, S.; Dkhil, M. A.; Casal, G.; Azevedo, C. (2015). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Glugea nagelia sp. n. (Microsporidia: Glugeidae), infecting the intestinal wall of the yellowfin hind, Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Actinopterygii: Serranidae), from the Red Sea". Folia Parasitologica. 62. doi:10.14411/fp.2015.007. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 25960551.  
  4. ^ Mansour, L.; Thabet, A.; Harrath, A. H.; Y. Al Omar, S.; Mukhtar, A.; R. Sayed, S.; Abdel-Baki, A.-A. Sh. (2016). "New microsporidia, Glugea sardinellensis n sp (Microsporea, Glugeida) found in Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847, collected off Tunisian coasts". Acta Protozoologica. 55 (4). doi:10.4467/16890027AP.16.028.6097.
  5. ^ Vagelli, A.; Paramá, A.; Sanmartín, M. L.; Leiro, J. (2005). "Glugea vincentiae n. sp. (microsporidia: glugeidae) infecting the Australian marine fish Vincentia conspersa (teleostei: apogonidae)". Journal of Parasitology. 91 (1): 152–157. doi:10.1645/GE-388R. PMID 15856891.
  6. ^ Leiro, J.; Paramá, A.; Ortega, M.; Santamarina, M. T.; Sanmartín, M. L. (1999). "Redescription of Glugea caulleryi , a microsporidian parasite of the greater sand-eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage), (Teleostei: Ammodytidae), as Microgemma caulleryi comb. nov". Journal of Fish Diseases. 22 (2): 101–110. Bibcode:1999JFDis..22..101L. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2761.1999.00146.x.