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Microspora

Medical Definition:	A phylum of protozoa comprising minute intracellular parasites with spores of unicellular origin. It has two classes: Rudimicrosporea and MICROSPOREA.
Guide Notes:	do not confuse with class MICROSPOREA nor with MICROSPORUM, a dermatophyte; note X ref MICROSPORIDIA: index here when author uses "microsporidia" as a general term for the phylum; MICROSPORIDIA, UNCLASSIFIED is also available, see annotation there; infect

Microspora Categories.

	Microsporea - A class of parasitic protozoa. Characteristics include spores that are spherical, oval, or tubular in shape and sporoplasm which is uninuclear or binuclear.
	Microsporidia, Unclassified - Includes newly defined organisms as well as some that will never be classified to the genus and/or species level because of loss of the specimen or other information.

Microspora Medical Definitions and Terms

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