Sarah N Wieser, Susana M Giuliano, Juan Reategui Ordoñez, Ximena Barriga Marcapura, Luis V M Olivera, Miguel Angel Chavez Fumagalli, Leonhard Schnittger, Mónica Florin-Christensen
Sarcocystis spp. are coccidian protozoans belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum. As with other members of this phylum, they are obligate intracellular parasites with complex cellular machinery for the invasion of host cells. Sarcocystis spp. display dixenous life cycles, involving a predator and a prey as definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively. Specifically, these parasites develop sarcocysts in the tissues of their intermediate hosts, ranging in size from microscopic to visible to the naked eye, depending on the species...
February 23, 2024: Pathogens