Sarcocystis
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sarcocystis-183-1668281
title:
Sarcocystis
text:
Sarcocystis is a genus of protozoan parasites, with many species infecting mammals, reptiles and birds. Its name is dervived from Greek sarx = flesh and kystis = bladder. The lifecycle of a typical member of this genus involves two host species, a definitive host and an intermediate host. Often, the definitive host is a predator and the intermediate host is its prey. The parasite reproduces sexually in the gut of the definitive host, is passed with the feces, and ingested by the intermediate hos
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of protists in the apicomplex phylum
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcocystis
date created:
2006-05-19T08:04:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T19:55:40Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16