Spironucleus

Spironucleus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Metamonada
Order:	Diplomonadida
Family:	Hexamitidae
Genus:	Spironucleus
Species
	Spironucleus barkhanus ; Spironucleus meleagridis ; Spironucleus muris ; Spironucleus salmonicida ; Spironucleus salmonis ; Spironucleus torosa ; Spironucleus vortens

Spironucleus is a genus of Diplomonad flagellates that inhabit the digestive tract of a variety of animal hosts. Some are pathogens and others are commensals. Spironucleus parasites are often found in fish, but can be found in mice and birds.^[1]

References

^ Andersson, J. O., Sjogren, A. M., Horner, D. S., Murphy, C. A., Dyal, P. L., Svard, S. G., & Ragan, M. A. (2007, February 14). A genomic survey of the fish parasite Spironucleus salmonicida indicates genomic plasticity among diplomonads and significant lateral gene transfer in eukaryote genome evolution. BMC Genomics, 8(51). doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-51

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