Further remarks on Hammondia hammondi and the taxonomic importance of obligate heteroxeny

Authors
Heydorn, AO Mehlhorn, H
Citation
Ao. Heydorn et H. Mehlhorn, Further remarks on Hammondia hammondi and the taxonomic importance of obligate heteroxeny, PARASIT RES, 87(7), 2001, pp. 573-577
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09320113 → ACNP
Volume
87
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
573 - 577
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(200107)87:7<573:FROHHA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
In this opinion-paper reasons are given why Hammondia hammondi cannot be co nsidered as a separate species, but should be kept as a species of the genu s Toxoplasma, if not a strain of Toxoplasma gondii.