Amphibian Perkinsea

Vanessa Smilansky; Thomas A Richards

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.032

Amphibian Perkinsea

Curr Biol. 2023 Jan 9;33(1):R8-R10. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.032.

Authors

Vanessa Smilansky¹, Thomas A Richards²

Affiliations

¹ Living Systems Institute and Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QD, UK.
² Department of Biology, University of Oxford, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK. Electronic address: thomas.richards@biology.ox.ac.uk.

PMID: 36626865
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.032

Abstract

Vanessa Smilansky and Thomas A. Richards introduce Perkinsea - a lineage of freshwater parasitic protists that infect certain amphibians and cause of severe Perkinsea infection.

MeSH terms

Alveolata*
Amphibians
Animals
Fresh Water