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  1. Apicomplexa

    The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic alveolates. Most of them possess a unique form of organelle that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apicoplast, and an apical complex structure. The organelle is an adaptation that the apicomplexan applies in penetration of a host cell. The Apicomplexa are unicellular and spore-forming. All species are obligate endoparasites of animals, except Nephromyces, a symbiont in marine animals, originally classified as a chytrid fungus. Motile structures such as flagella or pseudopods are present only in certain gamete stages. The Apicomplexa are a diverse group that includes organisms such as the coccidia, gregarines, piroplasms, haemogregarines, and plasmodia.

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  1. Apicomplexa

    The Apicomplexa are a large group of protists, most of which possess a unique organelle called apicoplast and an apical complex structure involved in penetrating a host's cell. They are unicellular, spore-forming, and exclusively parasites of animals. Motile structures such as flagella or pseudopods are present only in certain gamete stages. This is a diverse group including organisms such as coccidia, gregarines, piroplasms, haemogregarines, and plasmodia. Diseases caused by apicomplexan organisms include, but are not limited to: ⁕Babesiosis ⁕Malaria ⁕Coccidian diseases including: ⁕Cryptosporidiosis ⁕Cyclosporiasis ⁕Isosporiasis ⁕Toxoplasmosis The name of the taxon Apicomplexa is derived from two Latin words - apex and complexus - and refers to a set of organelles in the sporozoite. The older taxon Sporozoa grouped the Apicomplexa together with the Microsporidia and Myxosporida. This grouping is no longer regarded as biologically valid and its use is discouraged.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Apicomplexa

    A phylum of unicellular parasitic EUKARYOTES characterized by the presence of complex apical organelles generally consisting of a conoid that aids in penetrating host cells, rhoptries that possibly secrete a proteolytic enzyme, and subpellicular microtubules that may be related to motility.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Apicomplexa in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Apicomplexa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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    either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent
    A sesquipedalian
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