Web Directory

» Apicomplex
   Information from MicrobeWiki on this phylum of parasites, their description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.
   http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Apicomplex

» Apicomplexa
   Illustrated information on this group, previously known as Sporozoa, their classification, surface coat, motility, host cell recognition and invasion.
   http://parasitology.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/login/n/h/0097.html

» Biology of the Eimeriidae
   Life cycle and other aspects of this family of homoxenous (direct life cycle) protists, in which merogony, gamogony and the formation of oocysts occur within the same host.
   http://biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/eimeriabiol.html

» Coccidia
   General information on this subclass of Apicomplexa with lists of the important species.
   http://parasitology.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/login/n/h/0275.html

» Coccidiosis
   Animation showing the life cycle of the single-celled organism of the genus Eimeria that causes this disease.
   http://www.goatbiology.com/animations/coccid.html

» Cryptosporidium parvum
   Information on this parasite which lives primarily in the guts of fish, reptiles, birds and mammals and may cause diarrhoea in humans.
   http://www.ashtree.co.uk/pages/features/bacteria/cryptosporidium-parvum.php

» Eimeria: Coccidiosis
   Notes on this parasite and the condition it causes and its relevance to the poultry industry.
   http://www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/eimeria/intro.htm

» Full-Malaria
   Information on the complex life cycle of the malarial parasite and a project to construct a full length cDNA genome sequence for Plasmodium falciparum.
   http://fullmal.hgc.jp/docs/lifecycle.html

» Introduction to the Apicomplexa
   Discussion of this group of parasitic, pathogenic protists, formerly considered to be Sporozoa but now grouped on the basis of structural features including an apical complex of microtubules within the cell.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/apicomplexa.html

» Isospora Belli
   Diagram showing the life cycle of this parasite in man and the external environment.
   http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/iso1c.htm

» Life Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii
   Diagram showing the life cycle of this parasite in man and other mammals.
   http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/tg1.htm

» Malaria
   Information on the blood parasites of the genus Plasmodium that can infect humans, with a diagram and information on their complex life cycle.
   http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Malaria.htm

» Manipulating the Plasmodium Genome
   Outlines research by Teresa Gil Cavalho and Robert Menard on unravelling and manipulating the genome of the malarial parasite.
   http://www.horizonpress.com/cimb/v/v7/04.pdf

» Plasmodium falciparum
   Laura Augustine provides information on the malarial parasite, its classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and methods of prevention and treatment.
   http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/augustin_laur

» Sporozoa - Apicomplexa
   Illustrated information on the common cellular features of the group, the life cycle and the two main sub-groups, the Gregarines and the Coccidia.
   http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio332/sporozoa_notes.htm

» Toxoplasma gondii
   Research project by Christopher Parks on this parasite including its classification, host environment, reproduction and adaptations.
   http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/parks_chri/

» Toxoplasma gondii Sequencing Project
   Provides information on this project to sequence the genome of T. gondii which infects virtually all warm blooded animals.
   http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/T_gondii/