Loma (microsporidian)

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Loma is a genus of microsporidian parasites, infecting fish. The taxonomic position of Loma in the family Glugeidae has been questioned by DNA sequencing results.

Species include

• Loma acerinae - formerly placed in Glugea
• Loma branchialis - the type species
• Loma camerounensis - a parasite of the cichlid fish, Oreochromis niloticus
• Loma dimorpha
• Loma morhua
• Loma myriophis - parasite of the ophichthid fish, Myrophis platyrhynchus{{Citation | doi = 10.1078/0932-4739-00843 | title = Fine structure of a new species, Loma myrophis (Phylum Microsporidia), parasite of the Amazonian fish Myrophis platyrhynchus (Teleostei, Ophichthidae) |author1=Carlos Azevedoa |author2=Edilson Matos |name-list-style=amp | journal = European Journal of Protistology | volume = 37 | issue = 4 | year = 2002 | pages = 445–452 }}
• Loma salmonae - a parasite of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp.{{Citation | pmid = 9722404 |date=Jun 1998 |author1=Shaw, Rw |author2=Kent, Ml |author3=Adamson, Ml | title = Modes of transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia) | volume = 33 | issue = 2 | pages = 151–6 | issn = 0177-5103 | journal = Diseases of Aquatic Organisms | doi = 10.3354/dao033151 | doi-access = free }}
• Loma trichiuri - a parasite of a marine trichiurid fish, Trichiurus savala''