Balantioides coli
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Tsar
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum: Rhabdophora
Classis: Litostomatea
Subclassis: Trichostomatia
Ordo: Vestibuliferida
Familia: Balantidiidae
Genus: Balantioides
Species:
B. coli
Name
[edit]Balantioides coli (Malmsten) A.G.Alexeieff, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. Fil. 107: 211 (1931)
Synonyms
[edit]- Basionym
- Paramecium coli Malmsten, Arch. Pathol. Anat. 12: 305 (1857) ("Paramaecium ? coli")
- Homotypic
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Malmsten, P.H. 1857. Infusorien als Intestinal-Thiere beim Menschen. Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und klinische Medizin 12(2–3): 302–309. DOI: 10.1007/BF01940147 Google Books Reference page.
- Alexeieff, A. 1931. Sur quelques particularités de structure de Balantioides (nom. nov.) coli (Malmsten). Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances et mémoires de la Société de Biologie et des ses filiales et associées 107: 210–211. Gallica PDF Reference page.
- Pomajbiková K., Oboromik, M., Horák, A., Petrzelkova, K.J., Grim, J.N., Levecke, B., Todd, A., Mulama, M., Kiyang, J., Modrý D. 2013. Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst–forming ciliates. Plos Neglected Tropical Disease 7: 1–10. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002140.
Additional references
[edit]- da Barbosa, A.S., Barbosa, H.S., de Souza, S.M.O. et al. 2018. Balantioides coli: morphological and ultrastructural characteristics of pig and non-human primate isolates. Acta Parasit. 63: 287–298. DOI: 10.1515/ap-2018-0033.
- Schuster, F.L., Ramirez-Avila L. 2008. Current world status of Balantidium coli. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 21: 626–638. DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00021-08.
- Chistyakova, L.V., Kostygov, A.Yu., Kornilova, O.A. & Yurchenko, V. 2014. Reisolation and redescription of Balantidium duodeni Stein, 1867 (Litostomatea, Trichostomatia). Parasitology Research 113(11): 4207–4215. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4096-1.