Jabarkan Biologi molekular dari Plasmodium dalam bahasa melayu

Kesemua spesies yang dikaji sehingga kini mempunyai 14 kromosome, satu mitochondrion dan satu plastid. Kromosome pelbagai antara 500 kilobase hingga 3.5 megabase panjang. Ia dipercayai bahawa pola ini benar bagi keseluruhan genus.

Plastid ini berbeza dengan apa yang terdapat pada alga bukannya fotosintesis. Fungsinya tidak diketahui tetapi terdapat bukti cadangan bahawa ia mungkin membabitkan pembiakan.

Pada tahap molekul, parasit merosakkan sel darah merah dengan menggunakan enzim plasmepsin - proteases asid aspartik yang menguraikan hemoglobin.

Spesies disenaraikan menurut subgenera Plasmodium (Asiamoeba) draconisPlasmodium (Asiamoeba) vastatorPlasmodium (Bennettinia) juxtanuclearePlasmodium (Carinamoeba) basilisciPlasmodium (Carinamoeba) minasensePlasmodium (Carinamoeba) rhadinurum Plasmodium (Carinamoeba) volansPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) anasumPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) circumflexumPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) dissanaikeiPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) duraePlasmodium (Giovannolaia) fallaxPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) formosanumPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) gabaldoniPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) garnhami Plasmodium (Giovannolaia) gundersiPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) hegneriPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) lophuraePlasmodium (Giovannolaia) pedioecetiiPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) pinnottiPlasmodium (Giovannolaia) polarePlasmodium (Haemamoeba) cathemeriumPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) coggeshalliPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) elongatumPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) gallinaceumPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) giovannolaiPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) lutziPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) matutinumPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) paddaePlasmodium (Haemamoeba) parvulumPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) relictumPlasmodium (Haemamoeba) tejeraPlasmodium (Huffia) elongatumPlasmodium (Huffia) hermaniPlasmodium (Laverania) falciparumPlasmodium (Laverania) reichenowiPlasmodium (Novyella) ashfordiPlasmodium (Novyella) bertiiPlasmodium (Novyella) bambusicolaiPlasmodium (Novyella) columbaePlasmodium (Novyella) corradettiiPlasmodium (Novyella) dissanaikeiPlasmodium (Novyella) hexameriumPlasmodium (Novyella) kempiPlasmodium (Novyella) nucleophilumPlasmodium (Novyella) papernaiPlasmodium (Novyella) paranucleophilumPlasmodium (Novyella) rouxiPlasmodium (Novyella) vaughaniPlasmodium (Paraplasmodium) chiricahuaePlasmodium (Paraplasmodium) mexicanum Plasmodium (Paraplasmodium) pifanoiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) brasilianumPlasmodium (Plasmodium) cynomolgiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) eylesiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) fieldiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) fragilePlasmodium (Plasmodium) georgesiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) girardiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) gonderiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) inuiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) jefferyiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) knowleiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) hyobatiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) malariaePlasmodium (Plasmodium) ovalePlasmodium (Plasmodium) petersiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) pitheciPlasmodium (Plasmodium) rhodianiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) schweitziPlasmodium (Plasmodium) semiovalePlasmodium (Plasmodium) shortiiPlasmodium (Plasmodium) silvaticumPlasmodium (Plasmodium) simiumPlasmodium (Plasmodium) vivaxPlasmodium (Plasmodium) youngiPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) achiotense Plasmodium (Sauramoeba) adunyinkaiPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) aeuminatumPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) beltraniPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) brumptiPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) agamaePlasmodium (Sauramoeba) giganteumPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) heischiPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) josephinaePlasmodium (Sauramoeba) pelaeziPlasmodium (Sauramoeba) tropiduriPlasmodium (Vinckeia) aegyptensisPlasmodium (Vinckeia) anomaluriPlasmodium (Vinckeia) atheruriPlasmodium (Vinckeia) bergheiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) booliatiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) brodeni Plasmodium (Vinckeia) bubalisPlasmodium (Vinckeia) buckiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) cephalophiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) chabaudiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) coulangesiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) cyclopsiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) foleyiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) girardiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) inopinatumPlasmodium (Vinckeia) lemurisPlasmodium (Vinckeia) odocoileiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) percygarnhamiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) sandoshamiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) traguliPlasmodium (Vinckeia) uilenbergiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) vassaliPlasmodium (Vinckeia) vinckeiPlasmodium (Vinckeia) watteniPlasmodium (Vinckeia) yoelli Spesies menjangkiti manusia

Spesies Plasmodium yang menyerang manusia termasuk:Plasmodium falciparum (punca malignant tertian malaria)Plasmodium vivax (punca biasa menyebabkan benign tertian malaria)Plasmodium ovale (lain-lain, jarang, punca benign tertian malaria)Plasmodium malariae (punca benign quartan malaria) Plasmodium knowlesiPlasmodium brasilianumPlasmodium cynomolgi Plasmodium inuiPlasmodium rhodianiPlasmodium schweitziPlasmodium semiovalePlasmodium simium Rujukan umum

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