Definition of Sarcosporidia

1. Noun. Imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates.

Exact synonyms: Order Sarcosporidia
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Acnidosporidia, Subclass Acnidosporidia
Member holonyms: Genus Sarcocystis, Sarcocystis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcosporidia

Sarcodes
Sarcodes sanguinea
Sarcophaga carnaria
Sarcophilus
Sarcophilus hariisi
Sarcopsylla penetrans
Sarcopsyllidae
Sarcoptes
Sarcoptes scabiei
Sarcoptidae
Sarcorhamphus
Sarcorhamphus papa
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Sarcoscyphaceae
Sarcosomataceae
Sarcosporidia
Sarcostemma
Sarcostemma acidum
Sarda
Sarda chiliensis
Sarda lineolata
Sarda sarda
Sardar
Sardegna
Sardes
Sardina
Sardina pilchardus
Sardinia
Sardinian
Sardinians

Literary usage of Sarcosporidia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"sarcosporidia, Balbiani. The first member of this group was discovered by ... However, domestic and wild mammals are not the only hosts of sarcosporidia ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"The CLASSIFICATION OF THE sarcosporidia as proposed by R. Blanchard, and which was based on their various habitats, can no longer hold good, ..."

3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"According to Minchin the sarcosporidia contain only one genus, Sarcocystis. ... Closely related to the order sarcosporidia is the parasite Rhino- sporidium ..."

4. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"According to Minchin the sarcosporidia contain only one genus, ... Closely related to the order sarcosporidia is the parasite Rhino- sporidium ..."

5. Handbook of Meat Inspection by Robert von Ostertag (1904)
"According to Bertram, whose brilliant investigations contributed greatly to a hetter knowledge of the sarcosporidia, one finds the youngest forms as small ..."

6. Handbook of meat inspection by Robert Ostertag, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1907)
"According to Bertram, whose brilliant investigations contributed greatly to a better knowledge of the sarcosporidia, one finds the youngest forms as small ..."

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