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Cryptosporidium fragile

Cryptosporidium fragile
Scientific classification
(unranked): Sar
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Cryptosporidiidae
Genus: Cryptosporidium
Species: C. fragile
Binomial name
Cryptosporidium fragile
Jirků, 2008.

Cryptosporidium fragile is a parasite which infects amphibians. The oocysts have an irregular, shape (subspherical to elliptical) and surface. The developing parasite is found in the gastric epithelial cells.

It was first discovered in a black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) originating from Malaysia.C. fragile is not associated with disease in humans.



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