Definition of Genus Giardia

1. Noun. Flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.

Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Order Polymastigina, Polymastigina
Member holonyms: Giardia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Giardia

genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum
genus Geomys
genus Geophilus
genus Geothlypis
genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera
genus Gerbillus
genus Gerea
genus Gerres
genus Gerrhonotus
genus Gerris
genus Gesneria
genus Geum
genus Giardia (current term)
genus Ginglymostoma
genus Ginkgo
genus Giraffa
genus Gladiolus
genus Glareola
genus Glaucium
genus Glaucomys
genus Glaux
genus Glechoma
genus Gleditsia
genus Gleichenia
genus Gliricidia
genus Glis
genus Globicephala

Literary usage of Genus Giardia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"... should be placed in the genus Giardia, Kunstler, 1882. Bipartition occurs in the encysted state. ..."

2. Collected Papers (1922)
"... which, according to the rules of nomenclature, would be correct, providing that the mammalian genus Giardia is, indeed, identical with that originally ..."

3. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals by Kimberly Sue Waggie (1994)
"Agent: Giardia mûris (Phylum: Protozoa; Subphylum: Sarcomastigophora; Class: Mastigophora; Genus: Giardia). Disease induced: Giardiasis. a. Morphology: b. ..."

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