Loma (microsporidian)

Loma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Microsporidia
Class:	Haplophasea
Order:	Gluegeida
Family:	Glugeidae
Genus:	Loma

Loma is a genus of microsporidian parasites, infecting fish. The taxonomic position of Loma in the family Glugeidae has been questioned by DNA sequencing results.

Species include

Loma acerinae - formerly placed in Glugea
Loma branchialis - the type species
Loma camerounensis - a parasite of the cichlid fish, Oreochromis niloticus
Loma dimorpha
Loma morhua
Loma myriophis - parasite of the ophichthid fish, Myrophis platyrhynchus^[1]
Loma salmonae - a parasite of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp.^[2]
Loma trichiuri - a parasite of a marine trichiurid fish, Trichiurus savala

References

^ Carlos Azevedoa and Edilson Matos (2002), "Fine structure of a new species, Loma myrophis (Phylum Microsporidia), parasite of the Amazonian fish Myrophis platyrhynchus (Teleostei, Ophichthidae)", European Journal of Protistology, 37 (4): 445–452, doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00843
^ Shaw, Rw; Kent, Ml; Adamson, Ml (Jun 1998), "Modes of transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia)", Diseases of aquatic organisms, 33 (2): 151–6, doi:10.3354/dao033151, ISSN 0177-5103, PMID 9722404{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] Carlos Azevedoa and Edilson Matos (2002), "Fine structure of a new species, Loma myrophis (Phylum Microsporidia), parasite of the Amazonian fish Myrophis platyrhynchus (Teleostei, Ophichthidae)", European Journal of Protistology, 37 (4): 445–452, doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00843

[2] Shaw, Rw; Kent, Ml; Adamson, Ml (Jun 1998), "Modes of transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia)", Diseases of aquatic organisms, 33 (2): 151–6, doi:10.3354/dao033151, ISSN 0177-5103, PMID 9722404{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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