Cryptosporidium muris

Cryptosporidium muris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Cryptosporidiidae
Genus: Cryptosporidium
Species:
C. muris
Binomial name
Cryptosporidium muris
Tyzzer, 1910

Cryptosporidium muris is a species of coccidium, first isolated from the gastric glands of the common mouse.[1] Cryptosporidium does originate in common mice, specifically laboratory mice. However, it also has infected cows, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, lambs, and humans and other primates.

  1. ^ Tyzzer EE (1910). "An extracellular Coccidium, Cryptosporidium Muris (Gen. Et Sp. Nov.), of the gastric Glands of the Common Mouse". J Med Res. 23 (3): 487–510.3. PMC 2098948. PMID 19971982.
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