Plasmodium bertii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. bertii |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium bertii |
Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
The parasite was first described by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.
The maximum number of merozoites produced by the erythrocytic meronts.
Grey necked wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)