microsporidian

English

Etymology

Microsporidia +‎ -an

Noun

microsporidian (plural microsporidians or microsporidia)

  1. Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, considered to be fungi or close relatives of fungi.
    Synonym: microsporidium
    • 1983, James J. Bull, Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms, page 94:
      Bulnheim subsequently observed that either of two parasitic microsporidians, Octosporea effeminans and Thelohania herediteria, were invariably associated with the thelygeny.
    • 1993, Yoshinori Tanada, Insect Pathology, page 425:
      Moreover , the sequence of ribosomal RNA suggests that the microsporidia are extremely ancient eukaryotes and had separated very early from other eukaryotes.
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