Apansporoblastina

Apansporoblastina
Apan·sporo·blas·ti·na (a″pan-spor″o-blas-tiґnə) [a-1 + pansporoblast] a suborder of parasitic protozoa (order Microsporida, class Microsporea) in which a pansporoblastic membrane is usually absent, being vestigial when present, and never persisting as a sporophorous vesicle; the sporoblast is most often dinucleate. Representative genera include Encephalitozoon, Glugea, and Nosema.

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