The recent revision of the genera Nosema and Vairimorpha (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) was flawed and misleads the bee scientific community.
J Invertebr Pathol
; 206: 108146, 2024 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
The genus Vairimorpha was proposed for several species of Nosema in 1976 (Pilley, 1976), almost 70 years after Nosema apis Zander (Zander, 1909). Tokarev and colleagues proposed the redefinition of 17 microsporidian species in four genera, Nosema, Vairimorpha, Rugispora, and Oligosporidium, based on phylogenetic trees of two genetic markers (SSU rRNA and RPB1) (Tokarev et al., 2020). Several issues should invalidate this new classification, leading to the synonymization of Vairimorpha within Nosema.
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Nosema
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Animals
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En
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J Invertebr Pathol
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Espanha