Species

Cryptosporidium hominis TU502

[ Alveolata | Apicomplexa | Conoidasida | . . .
. . . | Cryptosporidiidae | Cryptosporidium | Cryptosporidium hominis ]

Courtesy of Saul Tzipori, Tufts

Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Alveolata | Apicomplexa | Conoidasida | Coccidia | Eucoccidiorida | Eimeriorina | Cryptosporidiidae | Cryptosporidium | Cryptosporidium hominis Comment: Cryptosporidium hominis is the dominant species which infects humans. Although generally self-limiting, this disease can cause fatalities in children and immunocompromised adults. The genome sequence of Cryptosporidium hominis shows features consistent with its life cycle as an obligate parasite. This organism lacks the genes necessary for the production of a number of biochemical building block such as nucleotides and amino acids. To compensate for this lack, the genome contains a large number of transporter or transporter-like genes. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (353151) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: CryptoDB: CryptoDB National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Protozoa genomes Virginia Commonwealth University: Cryptosporidium hominis Research Publications: Ifeonu OO, Chibucos MC, Orvis J et. al. (2016) Annotated draft genome sequences of three species of Cryptosporidium: Cryptosporidium meleagridis isolate UKMEL1, C. baileyi isolate TAMU-09Q1 and C. hominis isolates TU502_2012 and UKH1. Pathog Dis 74. 10.1093/femspd/ftw080 Xu P, Widmer G, Wang Y et. al. (2004) The genome of Cryptosporidium hominis. Nature 431, 1107-12. 10.1038/nature02977 Genome files CryptoDB Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 Contigs assembly 02 v 8.0.0 2015-01-14 - 30.1 9.1 120 - 238 - National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 2.0.0 2013-03-27 20 30.5 8.9 358 - 49 Contigs v 1.0.0 2004-06-08 - 30.9 8.7 1422 - 14 Contigs assembly 02 v 1.0.0 2014-04-05 48.65 30.1 9.1 119 - 238