En art av parasitära protozoer som påträffats i tarmarna hos människor och andra primater. I 1912 blev organismen klassificerad som en jäst, men sedan 1967, efter fysiologiska och morfologiska studier , betraktas organismen som en protozoisk parasit, som hos människa kan ge upphov till tarmsjukdom med handikappande symtom.
A species of parasitic protozoa found in the intestines of humans and other primates. It was classified as a yeast in 1912. Over the years, questions arose about this designation. In 1967, many physiological and morphological B. hominis characteristics were reported that fit a protozoan classification. Since that time, other papers have corroborated this work and the organism is now recognized as a protozoan parasite of humans causing intestinal disease with potentially disabling symptoms.
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Blastocystis homini — hominis, Blastocystis