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Nosema apis is a single celled parasite and uses oxidative metabolism and Trehalase which is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of trehalose to glucose | Nosema apis is a single celled parasite and uses oxidative metabolism and Trehalase which is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of trehalose to glucose | ||
Nosema apis lives in the digestive tract of honey bees. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 19:47, 29 November 2023
Classification
Domain: Eukaryota Phylum: Microsporidia Family: Nosematidae Genus: Nosema Species: N. apis
Noesma apis is a single celled parasite that affects the Western honey bee. This is class Microsporidia which was previously thought to be protozoans but it is now classified as fungi. The spores are about 5–7 µm long and 3–4 µm wide and 8.5 mbp. It was predicted 2,771 protein- coding genes and 1.356 orthologs.
Nosema apis is a single celled parasite and uses oxidative metabolism and Trehalase which is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of trehalose to glucose
Nosema apis lives in the digestive tract of honey bees.
References
Author
Page authored by Elan Doyle, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.