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Plasmodium australis
Species of single-celled organism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plasmodium australis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. australis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
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Description
The parasite was first described by Mackerras in 1961 and was designated as Plasmodium giganteum. It was redescribed in 1988 by Telford who recognised it as a separate species.[1]
Geographical occurrence
This species is found in Australia.
References
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