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Pneumocystis wakefieldiae

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Pneumocystis wakefieldiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pneumocystidomycetes
Order: Pneumocystidales
Family: Pneumocystidaceae
Genus: Pneumocystis
Species:
P. wakefieldiae
Binomial name
Pneumocystis wakefieldiae
Cushion, Keely & Stringer (2004)[1]

Pneumocystis wakefieldiae is a parasitic fungus isolated from rats.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cushion MT, Keely SP, Stringer JR (2005). "Validation of the name Pneumocystis wakefieldiae". Mycologia. 97 (1): 268. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.1.268.
  2. ^ Cushion MT, Keely SP, Stringer JR (2004). "Molecular and phenotypic description of Pneumocystis wakefieldiae sp. nov., a new species in rats". Mycologia. 96 (3): 429–38. doi:10.2307/3762163. JSTOR 3762163. PMID 21148866.

Further reading

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  • Chabé M, Herbreteau V, Hugot JP, Bouzard N, Deruyter L, Morand S, Dei-Cas E (2010). "Pneumocystis carinii and Pneumocystis wakefieldiae in wild Rattus norvegicus trapped in Thailand". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 57 (2): 213–7. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00465.x. PMID 20113380.
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