Toxoplasma gondii Nicolle & Manceaux, 1909    
Kingdom Protozoa   >   Phylum Apicomplexa   >   Class Conoidasida   >   Order Eucoccidiorida   >   Family Sarcocystidae   >   Genus Toxoplasma   

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Found worldwide, this parasite causes the disease Toxoplasmosis and can infect nearly all warm-blooded animals. It is especially associated with feral cats and their prey.

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Toxoplasma gondii. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Ke Hu and John M. Murray. "Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular human parasite, has a unique cytoskeletal apparatus that is probably used for invading host cells and for parasite replication. Shown here are images of T. gondii constructing daughter scaffolds within the mother cell. Green: YFP-α-Tubulin; bright yellow: mRFP-TgMORN1." Photo by Wikimedia Commons. (MBP list)


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