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MICROSPORIDIA

General name for members of the protozoan phylum Microspora. It includes some 80 genera parasitizing all classes of vertebrates and much invertebrates, especially the insects. Different genera, such as Encephalitozoon, Enterocytozoon, Nosema, Pleistophora, and Septata have been implicated in the infection of immunocompromised humans.
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