Balantioides coli

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Chromista
Subregnum: Harosa
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum: Rhabdophora
Classis: Litostomatea
Subclassis: Trichostomatia
Ordo: Vestibuliferida
Familia: Balantidiidae
Genus: Balantioides
Species: B. coli

Name

Balantioides coli (Malmsten) A.G.Alexeieff, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. Fil. 107: 211 (1931)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Paramecium coli Malmsten, Arch. Pathol. Anat. 12: 305 (1857) ("Paramaecium ? coli")
• Homotypic
  • Balantidium coli (Malmsten) F.Stein 1863
  • Neobalantidium coli (Malmsten) Pomajbíková et al. (2013)

References

Primary references

• Malmsten, P.H. 1857. Infusorien als Intestinal-Thiere beim Menschen. Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und klinische Medizin 12(2–3): 302–309. DOI: 10.1007/BF01940147 Google Books Reference page. 
• Alexeieff, A. 1931. Sur quelques particularités de structure de Balantioides (nom. nov.) coli (Malmsten). Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances et mémoires de la Société de Biologie et des ses filiales et associées 107: 210–211. Gallica PDF Reference page. 
• Pomajbiková K., Oboromik, M., Horák, A., Petrzelkova, K.J., Grim, J.N., Levecke, B., Todd, A., Mulama, M., Kiyang, J., Modrý D. 2013. Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst–forming ciliates. Plos Neglected Tropical Disease 7: 1–10. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002140.

Additional references

• da Barbosa, A.S., Barbosa, H.S., de Souza, S.M.O. et al. 2018. Balantioides coli: morphological and ultrastructural characteristics of pig and non-human primate isolates. Acta Parasit. 63: 287–298. DOI: 10.1515/ap-2018-0033.
• Schuster, F.L., Ramirez-Avila L. 2008. Current world status of Balantidium coli. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 21: 626–638. DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00021-08.
• Chistyakova, L.V., Kostygov, A.Yu., Kornilova, O.A. & Yurchenko, V. 2014. Reisolation and redescription of Balantidium duodeni Stein, 1867 (Litostomatea, Trichostomatia). Parasitology Research 113(11): 4207–4215. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4096-1.