page_title: Parvilucifera
section_title: Host Range
hierarchical_section_title: Parvilucifera / Host Range
caption_attribution_description: English: This drawing is a very basic description of the life cycle of Parvilucifera sinerae infecting a dinoflagellate cell
context_page_description: Parvilucifera is a genus of marine alveolates that parasitise dinoflagellates. Parvilucifera is a parasitic genus described in 1999 by Norén et al. It is classified perkinsozoa in the supraphylum of Alveolates. This taxon serves as a sister taxon to the dinoflagellates and apicomplexans. Thus far, five species have been described in this taxon, which include: P.infectans, P.sinerae, P.corolla, P.rostrata, and P.prorocentri.
  The genus Parvilucifera is morphologically characterized by flagellated zoospore. The life cycle of the species in this genus consist of free-living zoospores, an intracellular stage called trophont, and asexual division to form resting sporangium inside host cell. This taxon has gained more interest in research due to its potential significance in terms of negative regulation for dinoflagellates blooms, that have proved harmful for algal species, humans, and the shellfish industry.
context_section_description: As mentioned above, only P.prorocentri is known to have a single host cell, which is Prorocentrum fukuyoi. The other species of Parvilucifera are considered generalist parasites; indicating that they are able to infect a wide range of dinoflagellates. There is further research underway to understand the specific host ranges for each species in order to be able to better apply the discovery of this genus towards the negative regulation of harmful dinoflagellate blooms (Alacid et al. 2015).
caption: This drawing describes the life cycle of a dinoflagellate cell becoming infected by P.sinerae
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