Nosema Ceranae
Classification
Nosema Microsporidia can be divided into further, more distinct classifications: Nosema ceranae and Nosema Apis. Nosema ceranae is the focus here and is the largest threat to bees in currently.
Domain: Eukaryote; Phylum: Microsporidia; Class: Dihaplophasea; Order: Dissociodihaplophasida; Family: Nosematidae, Species: N. Ceranae [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]
Domain
Eukarya
Phylum
Microsporidia
Class
Dihpalophasea
Order
Dissociodihaplophasida
Suborder
Apansporoblastina
Family
Nosematidae
Genus Species
Nosema Ceranae
NCBI: Taxonomy |
Genus species
Description and Significance
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Genome
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
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Ecology and Known Roles in Symbiosis
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Fun Facts
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References
[2] Chen,Y., Evans,J., Murphy,C., Gutell,R., Zuker,M., Gundensen-Rindal,D and Pettis,J. 2009. Morphological, molecular, and phylogenetic characterization of Nosema ceranae, a microsporidian parasite isolated from the European honey bee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56: 142-147. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19457054)
[3] Cornman, R., Chen, Y., Schatz,M., Street,C., Zhao,Y., Desany, B., Egholm, M., Hutchison, S., Pettis, J., Lipkin and W., Eva, J. 2009. Genomic Analyses of the Microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an Emergent Pathogen of Honey Bees. PLoS Pathogens 5(6): e1000466. (https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.100046)
[4] Higes,M., Salvador, A., Garrido-Bailón, E., Martín-Hernández,R., Meana, A. and Prieto, L. 2007. Outcome of Colonization of Nosema ceranaeby Apis mellifera. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(20):6331. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17675417)
Author
This page was authored by Kristin Barnett as part of the 2020 UM Study USA led by Dr. Erik Hom at the University of Mississippi.