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''Plasmodium minasense'' is a parasite of the genus ''Plasmodium'' subgenus ''Carinamoeba''. Like all ''Plasmodium'' species ''P. minasense'' has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards. == Description == The original description of this species was by Carini and Rudolphi in 1912〔Carini, A. y Rudoph, M. (1912) Sur quelques hematozoaires de Lézards au Brésil. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 5: 592.〕 in a lizard ''Mabuia agilis''. Since then a number of subspecies of ''P. minasense'' have been described. The diagnostic features of ''P. minasense'' are: *The schizonts are smaller than normal erythrocyte nuclei. *Schzonts produce 4-8 merozoites *The gametocytes are equal to or smaller than erythrocyte nuclei in size and round in shape *They infect hosts of the lizard families Scincidae, Iguanidae and Teiidae in the Neotropics It is currently thought that ''P. minasense'' is closely related to ''Plasmodium floridense'' and ''Plasmodium tropiduri''. Like much of the taxonomy in this genus this opinion may need to be revised once the species have been subjected to DNA analysis. Subspecies are currently named on the basis of the hosts infected. This criterion may be subject to revision when DNA based taxonomy is applied to this species complex. The subspecies currently recognised include: ''P. minasense anolisi'' ''P. minasense calcaratae'' ''P. minasense capitoi'' ''P. minasense carinii'' ''P. minasense diminutivum'' ''P. minasense minasense'' ''P. minasense plicae'' ''P. minasense tegui'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plasmodium minasense」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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