Species

Cryptosporidium hominis 33537

[ Alveolata | Apicomplexa | Conoidasida | . . .
. . . | Eimeriorina | Cryptosporidiidae | Cryptosporidium ]

Courtesy of Saul Tzipori, Tufts

Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Alveolata | Apicomplexa | Conoidasida | Coccidia | Eucoccidiorida | Eimeriorina | Cryptosporidiidae | Cryptosporidium Comment: Cryptosporidium hominis is the dominant species which infects humans. Although generally self-limiting, this disease can cause fatalities in children and immunocompromised adults. The genome sequence of Cryptosporidium hominis shows features consistent with its life cycle as an obligate parasite. This organism lacks the genes necessary for the production of a number of biochemical building block such as nucleotides and amino acids. To compensate for this lack, the genome contains a large number of transporter or transporter-like genes. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (237895) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Project: National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Protozoa genomes Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2014-11-10 220 30.6 8.7 906 - 34