Evolution of microsporidia: An extremely successful group of eukaryotic intracellular parasites

摘要

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that can infect a wide range of hosts. They cause death and disease in both humans and agriculturally important animals. They have also become a powerful model for understanding the evolution of intracellular parasites. Recent work has explored how microsporidia genomes have evolved, the evolutionary origins of microsporidia, and how microsporidia adapt to interact with their hosts.