Shape |
Subspherical to Ellipsoidal |
Subspherical to Ellipsoidal |
Subspherical to Ellipsoidal |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Ellipsoidal |
Larger diameter |
23.6 (21.1-26.5) |
23.1 (19-27) |
27.5 (25-29) |
22.3 (19.5-25.5) |
21.8 (20-24) |
25.3(24-27) |
20.4 (20-23) |
25.4 (21-30) |
Smaller diameter |
22.0 (19.4-24.5) |
21.6 (19-26) |
25.2 (22-28) |
21.4 (18.5-24.0) |
20.9 (19-23) |
24.2 (23-25) |
20.1 (18-23) |
21.1 (17-23) |
Shape-index |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1.1 (1.0-1.1). |
1.01 |
1.05 |
1.02 |
1.21 |
Wall |
Bi-layered 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
Bi-layered 1.0 (0.7-1.2) |
Bi-layered 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
Bi-layered ~1.8 |
One layer ~1.0 |
One layer ~1.0 |
One layer ~1.0 |
One layer ~1.0 |
Micropyle |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Polar granule |
1-2 (varied formats) |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Large |
10-20 small splinter-like |
Absent |
1 large round |
Oocyst residuum |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Sporocyst
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Elongated ellipsoid |
Ovoid |
Ellipsoid |
Ovoid |
Ovoid |
Piriform |
Ovoid |
Piriform |
Larger diameter |
16.2 (13.6-17.9) |
15.1 (13-19) |
17.2 (15-19) |
15.2 (14.0-16.5) |
15 (13-16) |
15.4 (14-17) |
14 (13-15) |
15 (14-15) |
Smaller diameter |
10.1 (8.9-12.4) |
10.9 (10-13) |
11.7 (11-12) |
10.0 (8.0-11.5) |
9.7 (9-10) |
11.5 (11-12) |
9.5 (8-10) |
10 (9-11) |
Shape-index |
1.6 (1.3-1.9) |
1.4 (1.3-1.6) |
1.5 (1.3-1.6) |
1.5 (1.3-1.7) |
1.55 |
1.34 |
1.47 |
1.50 |
Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Button-shaped |
Knob-like (2.5x1.0) |
Knob-like (2.0x1.5) |
2.3 x 0.8 |
knob-like |
knob-like |
Small |
knob-like |
Sub-Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Absent |
Rounded (2.5x1.5) |
Trapezoidal (6.0x2.5) |
Prominent (3.3 x 1.7) |
Prominent |
Prominent |
Small |
Prominent |
Sporocyst residuum |
Granular Compact |
Granular Diffuse |
Granular Diffuse |
Granular Spherical or subspherical, |
Round, well consolidated |
Granular irregular-shaped |
Granular irregular-shaped |
Granular Round consolidated |
Sporozoite
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larger diameter |
- |
- |
- |
11.3 (10.0-13.5) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Smaller diameter |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 (3.2-4.0) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Refractile body |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Nucleus |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Not discernible |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Species
|
Isospora bertoi
|
lsospora geospizae
|
Isospora daphnensis
|
Isospora tiaris
|
Isospora sporophilae
|
Isospora flausinoi
|
Isospora teixeirafilhoi
|
Isospora curio
|
Host
|
Sicalis flaveola
|
Geospiza fuliginosa
|
Geospiza fortis
|
Asemospiza fuliginosa
|
Sporophila caerulescens
|
Sporophila caerulescens
|
Sporophila caerulescens
|
Oryzoborus angolensis
|
Reference
|
Present research
|
McQuistion and Wilson, 1989
MCQUISTION, T.E. and WILSON, M., 1989. Isospora geospizae, a new coccidian parasite (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) and the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) from the Galapagos Island. Systematic Parasitology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 141-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00016908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00016908...
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McQuistion, 1990
MCQUISTION, T.E., 1990. Isospora daphnensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) from the Galapagos Island. The Journal of Parasitology, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 30-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3282623. PMid:2299524. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3282623...
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Ball and Daszak, 1997
BALL, J. and DASZAK, P., 1997. Isospora tiaris n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the sooty grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosa), a passeriform bird of South America. The Journal of Parasitology, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 465-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3284411. PMid:9194828. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3284411...
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Carvalho Filho et al., 2005
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Carvalho Filho et al., 2005
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Carvalho Filho et al., 2005
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Silva et al., 2006
SILVA, E.A.T., LITERÁK, I. and KOUDELA, B., 2006. Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 573-576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762006000500016. PMid:17072465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762006...
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Oocyst
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Subspherical to Ellipsoidal |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Ellipsoidal |
Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Larger diameter |
23.6 (21.1-26.5) |
15.5 (13-17) |
27.3 (22-30) |
27.1 (24.7-30) |
21.6 (19.2-23.2) |
17.3 (14-20) |
17.4 (1.6-19.4) |
24.6 (22-26) |
Smaller diameter |
22.0 (19.4-24.5) |
14.5 (12-17) |
23.6 (20-27) |
23.8 (21.2-26.5) |
20.9 (18.4-22.6) |
16.5 (13.6-20) |
16.8 (14.2-18.8) |
23.6 (22-25) |
Shape-index |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1.0 (1.0-1.1) |
1.1 (1.0-1.3) |
1.1 |
1.0 (1-1.10) |
1.0 (1-1.2) |
1.0 (1-1.1) |
1.0 (1.0-1.1) |
Wall |
Bi-layered 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
One layer ~1.0 |
Bi-layered ~1.5 |
Bi-layered ~1.0 |
Bi-layered 1.3 |
Bi-layered 1.0 |
Bi-layered 1.2 |
Bi-layered ~1.5 |
Micropyle |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Polar granule |
1-2 (varied formats) |
1 ovoid |
Present |
1 Ellipsoidal |
Splinter-like or comma-like |
1 Large |
Small double-lobuled |
Absent |
Oocyst residuum |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Sporocyst
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Elongated ellipsoid |
Ovoid |
Ovoid |
Ovoid |
Ovoid |
Piriform |
Ovoid |
Ovoid |
Larger diameter |
16.2 (13.6-17.9) |
10 (10-12) |
15.2 (15-16) |
14.7 (12.4-16.8) |
15.1 (12.8-17.4) |
14.9 (11.8-18) |
11.7 (9-14.2) |
13.2 (15-17) |
Smaller diameter |
10.1 (8.9-12.4) |
7.5 (6-9) |
10.2 (9-11) |
10.8 (8.8-12.4) |
10.6 (8.4-12.6) |
10.7 (8-12.4) |
8.1 (6.2-9.4) |
10.9 (10-13) |
Shape-index |
1.6 (1.3-1.9) |
1.3 (1.2-1.5) |
1.5 (1.4-1.7) |
1.4 |
1.4 (1.2-1.8) |
1.4 (1.1-1.8) |
1.5 (1.1 -1.9) |
1.6 (1.4-1.7) |
Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Button-shaped |
Small rounded |
Nipple-like |
Prominent |
knob-like |
Rounded |
knob-like |
Present (2.0-2.5 x 0.7) |
Sub-Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Absent |
Small |
Small |
Prominent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Sporocyst residuum |
Granular Compact |
Granular Irregular-shaped |
Granular Compact |
Granular Irregular-shaped |
Granular Irregular-shaped |
Granular Compact |
Granular Compact |
Granular Diffuse |
Sporozoite
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larger diameter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
18.2 (16-19) |
Smaller diameter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 (3-4) |
Refractile body |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Nucleus |
Present |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Present |
Species
|
Isospora bertoi
|
Isospora braziliensis
|
Isospora paranaensis
|
Isospora frontalis
|
Isospora teresopoliensis
|
Isospora chanchaoi
|
Isospora ticoticoi
|
Host
|
Sicalis flaveola
|
Oryzoborus angolensis
|
Oryzoborus angolensis
|
Sporophila frontalis
|
Sporophila frontalis
|
Sporophila frontalis
|
Zonotrichia capensis
|
Reference
|
Present research
|
Silva et al., 2006
SILVA, E.A.T., LITERÁK, I. and KOUDELA, B., 2006. Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 573-576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762006000500016. PMid:17072465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762006...
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Silva et al., 2006
SILVA, E.A.T., LITERÁK, I. and KOUDELA, B., 2006. Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 573-576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762006000500016. PMid:17072465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762006...
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Berto et al., 2009
BERTO, B.P., BALTHAZAR, L.M.C., FLAUSINO, W. and LOPES, C.W.G., 2009. Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the buffy-fronted seedeater Sporophila frontalis Verreaux, 1869 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from South America. Systematic Parasitology, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 65-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-9180-z. PMid:19337860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-918...
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Berto et al., 2009
BERTO, B.P., BALTHAZAR, L.M.C., FLAUSINO, W. and LOPES, C.W.G., 2009. Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the buffy-fronted seedeater Sporophila frontalis Verreaux, 1869 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from South America. Systematic Parasitology, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 65-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-9180-z. PMid:19337860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-918...
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Berto et al., 2009
BERTO, B.P., BALTHAZAR, L.M.C., FLAUSINO, W. and LOPES, C.W.G., 2009. Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the buffy-fronted seedeater Sporophila frontalis Verreaux, 1869 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from South America. Systematic Parasitology, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 65-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-9180-z. PMid:19337860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-918...
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Balthazar et al., 2009
BALTHAZAR, L.M.C., BERTO, B.P., FLAUSINO, W. and LOPES, C.W.G., 2009. Isospora ticoticoi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the rufous-collared sparrow Zonotrichia capensis in South America. Acta Protozoologica, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 345-349.
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Oocyst
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Subspherical to Ellipsoidal |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Subspherical to elliptical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Larger diameter |
23.6 (21.1-26.5) |
17.8 (16-19) |
24.3 (22-26) |
27.9 (27-29) |
25.7 (24-27) |
24.2 (23-26) |
23.3 (20-25) |
Smaller diameter |
22.0 (19.4-24.5) |
16.9 (16-18) |
19.8 (18-22) |
26.9 (25-28) |
24.3 (23-25) |
22.0 (21-23) |
22.4 (20-24) |
Shape-index |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1.1 (1.0-1.1) |
1.2 (1.1-1.4) |
1.0 (1.0-1.1) |
1.1 (1.0-1.1) |
1.1 (1.0-1.1) |
1.0 (1.0-1.1) |
Wall |
Bi-layered 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
Bi-layered ~1.0 |
One layer ~1.5 |
Bi-layered 1.4 (1.3-1.5) |
Bi-layered 1.3 (1.2-1.4) |
Bi-layered 1.2 (1.1-1.2) |
Bi-layered 1.2 (1.1-1.3) |
Micropyle |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
|
Polar granule |
1-2 (varied formats) |
Absent |
1 Ellipsoid |
Splinter-like or comma shaped |
Absent |
1-2 |
Usually absent |
Oocyst residuum |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Sporocyst
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Elongated ellipsoid |
Ellipsoid |
Ovoid |
Ellipsoid |
Ovoid |
Ellipsoid |
Ellipsoid |
Larger diameter |
16.2 (13.6-17.9) |
13.2 (12-14) |
15.7 (14-18) |
19.6 (19-21) |
18.8 (18-20) |
6.1 (15-17) |
17.0 (15-18) |
Smaller diameter |
10.1 (8.9-12.4) |
10.8 (9-12) |
10.1 (8-12) |
11.1 (10-12) |
11.2 (10-12) |
10.3 (10-11) |
10.8 (10-11) |
Shape-index |
1.6 (1.3-1.9) |
1.5 (1.3-1.6) |
1.5 (1.3-1.7) |
1.8 (1.6-1.9) |
1.7 (1.6-1.7) |
1.6 (1.5-1.6) |
1.6 (1.5-1.7) |
Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Button-shaped |
Fine plug (~ 1 wide) |
Present (2.0-2.5 x 1.5) |
Knob-like (1.7 x 0.8) |
Nipple-shaped (1.9 x 0.8) |
Nipple-shaped (2 x 0.8) |
Nipple-shaped (2 x 1) |
Sub-Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Absent |
Absent |
Present (2-2.5 x 2-2.5) |
Slight |
Large, Prominent (3.7 x 2.2) |
Small, Prominent (2.2 x 1.4) |
Prominent, Compartmentalized (2.4 x 1.5) |
Sporocyst residuum |
Granular Compact |
Granular Diffuse |
Granular Diffuse |
Granular Diffuse |
Granular Diffuse |
Granular Compact |
Granular Diffuse |
Sporozoite
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larger diameter |
- |
13.2 (12-14) |
14.9 (13-16) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Smaller diameter |
- |
3.1 (2.5-3.5) |
3.0 (2-4) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Refractile body |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Nucleus |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Species
|
Isospora bertoi
|
Isospora bocamontensis
|
Isospora nigricollis
|
Host
|
Sicalis flaveola
|
Gubernatrix cristata
|
Sporophila nigricollis
|
Reference
|
Present research
|
Pereira et al., 2011
PEREIRA, L.Q., BERTO, B.P., FLAUSINO, W., LOVATO, M. and LOPES, C.W.G., 2011. Isospora bocamontensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the yellow cardinal Gubernatrix cristata (Vieillot) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in South America. Systematic Parasitology, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 73-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-010-9278-3. PMid:21161493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-010-927...
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Barreto, 2014
BARRETO, C., 2014. Ocorrência e identificação de coccídeos em amostras fecais de passeriformes silvestres (Aves: Passeriformes) no Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres do IBAMA em Belo Horizonte. Belo Horizonte: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 57 p. Dissertação.
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Oocyst
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Subspherical to Ellipsoidal |
Subspherical |
Spherical to Subspherical |
Larger diameter |
23.6 (21.1-26.5) |
32.1 (27-34) |
18 (16-20) |
Smaller diameter |
22.0 (19.4-24.5) |
28.9 (26-32) |
17 (15-20) |
Shape-index |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1.1 (1.0-1.2) |
1 (1 - 1.1) |
Wall |
Bi-layered 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
Bi-layered 1.5 (1-2) |
Bi-layered ~1.0 |
Micropyle |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Polar granule |
1-2 (varied formats) |
1 ellipsoidal |
Absent |
Oocyst residuum |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Sporocyst
|
|
|
|
Shape |
Elongated ellipsoid |
Ellipsoid |
Ellipsoid |
Larger diameter |
16.2 (13.6-17.9) |
17.3 (16-19) |
12 (12-13) |
Smaller diameter |
10.1 (8.9-12.4) |
12.2 (11-13) |
8 |
Shape-index |
1.6 (1.3-1.9) |
1.4 (1.3-1.5) |
1.5 |
Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Button-shaped |
Half-moon-shaped (2.3 x 0.7) |
Flattened |
Sub-Stieda body (Width x Height) |
Absent |
Prominent, homogeneous (3.7 x 2.1) |
Absent |
Sporocyst residuum |
Granular Compact |
Granular Compact |
Granular Diffuse |
Sporozoite
|
|
|
|
Larger diameter |
- |
- |
- |
Smaller diameter |
- |
- |
- |
Refractile body |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Nucleus |
Present |
Present |
Present |