Babesia bigemina | Bab

Babesia (Species Group)

[ Alveolata | Apicomplexa | Aconoidasida | . . .
. . . | Piroplasmida | Babesiidae | Babesia ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Alveolata | Apicomplexa | Aconoidasida | Piroplasmida | Babesiidae | Babesia Comment: B. bigemina is a large Babesia species that is pleomorphic but often occur in pairs within the infected red blood cells, hence the name 'bigemina'. In cattle, the parasite can cause massive destruction of the red blood cells leading to severe anaemia and hemoglobinuria. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (5866) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Protozoa genomes The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Babesia bigemina genome project