Toxoplasmosis

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Etiology/Bacteriology

Toxoplasmosis is the disease caused by the protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii

Taxonomy of Toxoplasma gondii
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom:Chromalveolata
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Subclass: Coccidiasina
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Sarcocystidae
Subfamily: Toxoplasmatinae
Genus: Toxoplasma
Species: Toxoplasma gondii

References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Created by Magdalene C. Shaughnessy, student of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma