title: Origins of microsporidia.
abstract: Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that infect a wide range of eukaryotes, causing severe diseases in immunocompromised humans and losses to apiaries, fisheries and silk farms. They have often been considered to be primitive eukaryotes; however, more recent evidence suggests they are more closely related to fungi.
authors.affiliation: Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Keeling
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: McFadden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D010802:Phylogeny