Microsporidia

Thomas A Whelan; Naomi M Fast

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.076

Microsporidia

Curr Biol. 2023 Sep 25;33(18):R936-R938. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.076.

Authors

Thomas A Whelan¹, Naomi M Fast²

Affiliations

¹ Biodiversity Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
² Biodiversity Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. Electronic address: naomi.fast@ubc.ca.

PMID: 37751700
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.076

Abstract

In this Quick guide, Thomas Whelan and Naomi Fast introduce the microsporidia: obligate intracellular parasites with the most extremely reduced genomes known in eukaryotes.

MeSH terms

Eukaryota
Microsporidia* / genetics