Loma morhua, also known as Loma branchialis, is a species of microsporidian parasite, infecting fish.[1] It forms xenoparasitic complexes of the cell-hypertrophy tumour type, and is found in the gills of the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua. It is apansporoblastic, unikaryotic, disporoblastic and undergoes partial development in parasitophorous vacuoles, while lacking plasmodial stages. It produces one or two spores in a vacuole, having tubules in the parasitophorous vacuoles.

Loma morhua
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Rozellomycota
Class: Microsporidea
Order: Glugeida
Family: Glugeidae
Genus: Loma
Species:
L. morhua
Binomial name
Loma morhua
Morrison & Sprague, 1981

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  1. ^ Morrison, Carol M.; Sprague, V. (1981). "Electron microscopical study of a new genus and new species of microsporida in the gills of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L.*". Journal of Fish Diseases. 4 (1): 15–32. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.1981.tb01106.x. ISSN 0140-7775.

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