Directory of Apicomplexa Resources

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Members of the kingdom Apicomplexa are parasitic protists responsible for many animal and human diseases. Many of them have complex life cycles involving more than one host and include Babesia, Coccidia, Eimeria, Toxoplasma and Plasmodium. They are able to reproduce by producing a burst of spores.

Resources in This Category

• Apicomplex

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Apicomplex
  Information from MicrobeWiki on this phylum of parasites, their description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.

• Apicomplexa

  http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/api.html
  Information on this diverse group of over 5000 species including the coccidia Cryptosporidium, Isospora, Cyclospora, Toxaplasma, Babesia and Theileria which can all infect humans.

• Apicomplexa

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apicomplexa
  Article from Wikopedia on this large group of protists which are unicellular, spore-forming and exclusively parasitic on animals.

• Coccidiosis

  http://www.goatbiology.com/animations/coccid.html
  Animation showing the life cycle of the single-celled organism of the genus Eimeria that causes this disease.

• Full-Malaria

  http://fullmal.hgc.jp/docs/lifecycle.html
  Information on the complex life cycle of the malarial parasite and a project to construct a full length cDNA genome sequence for Plasmodium falciparum.

• Introduction to the Apicomplexa

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/apicomplexa.html
  Discussion of this group of parasitic, pathogenic protists, formerly considered to be Sporozoa but now grouped on the basis of structural features including an apical complex of microtubules within the cell.

• Malaria

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/malaria/
  Information on the blood parasites of the genus Plasmodium that can infect humans, with a diagram and information on their complex life cycle.

• Plasmodium falciparum

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/augustin_laur
  Laura Augustine provides information on the malarial parasite, its classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and methods of prevention and treatment.

• Sporozoa - Apicomplexa

  http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio332/sporozoa_notes.htm
  Illustrated information on the common cellular features of the group, the life cycle and the two main sub-groups, the Gregarines and the Coccidia.

• Toxoplasma gondii

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
  Information from Wikipedia on this parasitic protozoan which can cause toxaplasmosis, including the life cycle of the parasite.

• Toxoplasma gondii

  http://fullmal.hgc.jp/tg/docs/toxoplasma.html
  Information on a project to construct a Toxoplasma full-length cDNA library. Also information on the life history of the parasite in several host species.

• Toxoplasma gondii

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/parks_chri/
  Research project by Christopher Parks on this parasite including its classification, host environment, reproduction and adaptations.

• Toxoplasma gondii Sequencing Project

  http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/T_gondii/
  Provides information on this project to sequence the genome of T. gondii which infects virtually all warm blooded animals.

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