Giovanolaia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium

Plasmodium

Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms is known as malaria. The genus Plasmodium was described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to be described.Of the over 200 known...

created by Corradetti et al. in 1963. The parasites within this subgenus infect birds.

Diagnostic features

Species in the subgenus Giovanolaia have the following characteristics:

Schizonts contain plentiful cytoplasm, are larger than the host cell nucleus

Cell nucleus

In cell biology, the nucleus is a membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells. It contains most of the cell's genetic material, organized as multiple long linear DNA molecules in complex with a large variety of proteins, such as histones, to form chromosomes. The genes within these...

 and frequently displace it. They are found only in mature erythrocytes.

Gametocytes are elongated.

Exoerythrocytic schizogony occurs in the mononuclear phagocyte system.

Species in this subgenus

Plasmodium anasum

Plasmodium anasum

Plasmodium anasum is a species of the genus Plasmodium .Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds....

Plasmodium circumflexum

Plasmodium circumflexum

Plasmodium circumflexum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. circumflexum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.-Description:...

Plasmodium dissanaikei

Plasmodium dissanaikei

Plasmodium dissanaikei is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. dissanaikei has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.- Description :...

Plasmodium durae

Plasmodium durae

Plasmodium durae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. durae has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

Plasmodium fallax

Plasmodium fallax

Plasmodium fallax is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. fallax has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

Plasmodium formosanum

Plasmodium gabaldoni

Plasmodium gabaldoni

Plasmodium gabaldoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. gabaldoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.- Description :...

Plasmodium garnhami

Plasmodium garnhami

Plasmodium garnhami is a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium.Like all Plasmodium species, P. garnhami has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.- Clinical features and host pathology :...

Plasmodium gundersi

Plasmodium gundersi

Plasmodium gundersi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. gundersi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds....

Plasmodium hegneri

Plasmodium hegneri

Plasmodium hegneri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. hegneri has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

Plasmodium lophurae

Plasmodium pedioecetii

Plasmodium pinotti

Plasmodium pinotti

Plasmodium pinotti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. pinotti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.- Description :...

Plasmodium polare

Plasmodium polare

Plasmodium polare is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. polare has both vertebrate and insect hosts...