Plasmodium bertii

Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.

Plasmodium bertii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. bertii
Binomial name
Plasmodium bertii
Gabaldon & Ulloa, 1981

Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

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