title: Klossiella spp. in the kidneys of peramelid, petaurid, and macropodid marsupials.
abstract: Klossiella spp. were found in kidneys of individuals from six genera in two of the three superfamilies of Australian marsupials. Klossiella quimrensis sp.n. is described in the bandicoots, Isoodon obesulus and Perameles gunnii (Peramelidae). K. convolutor sp.n. is described in the ringtail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Petauridae). Three macropodid genera were infected. K.serendipensis sp.n. is described in the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, and K. callitris sp.n. is described in the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus. Multinucleate bodies considered to be schizonts of a Klossiella sp. were observed in the kidneys of the potoroo, Potorous apicalis. Gametocytes only of K. serendipensis were seen, while gametogony and sporogony of K. convolutor and K. callitris were observed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001315:Australia; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology*; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000469:parasitology*; D009893:Opossums / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity