| Ichthyophonus hoferi | |
|---|---|
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| Hyphas (or germ tubes) and schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Opisthokonta |
| (unranked): | Holozoa |
| Class: | Ichthyosporea |
| Order: | Ichthyophonida |
| Genus: | Ichthyophonus |
| Species: | I. hoferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyophonus hoferi | |
Ichthyophonus hoferi is a single-celled protist that occupies a key phylogenetic position to understand the origin of animals. It has chitin cell wall, hyphae, and an amoeboid stage. It is a common parasite of marine and freshwater fishes.[2][3][4]
In fish, I. hoferi causes hemorrhages,fin/skin rot, destroys muscle as well as inducing ova to develop without spermatic fertilization through a toxin (Prasad, Aarathi, Like a Virgin, how science is redesigning the rules of sex, Oneworld Publications, 2012, p.91)
References
- ↑ Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilungen I 59: 68 (1911)
- ↑ Torruella, Guifré; de Mendoza, Alex; Grau-Bové, Xavier; Antó, Meritxell; Chaplin, Mark A.; del Campo, Javier; Eme, Laura; Pérez-Cordón, Gregorio; Whipps, Christopher M. (2015-09-21). "Phylogenomics Reveals Convergent Evolution of Lifestyles in Close Relatives of Animals and Fungi". Current Biology. 25 (18): 2404–2410. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.053. PMID 26365255.
- ↑ Mendoza, Leonel; Taylor, John W.; Ajello, Libero (2002). "The class mesomycetozoea: a heterogeneous group of microorganisms at the animal-fungal boundary". Annual Review of Microbiology. 56: 315–344. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.56.012302.160950. ISSN 0066-4227. PMID 12142489.
- ↑ Grau-Bové, Xavier; Torruella, Guifré; Donachie, Stuart; Suga, Hiroshi; Leonard, Guy; Richards, Thomas A.; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2017-07-20). "Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals". eLife. 6: e26036. doi:10.7554/eLife.26036. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5560861. PMID 28726632.
Schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi
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