| 1. | In the 1857 that microsporidia where first described by the Nageli.
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| 2. | Microsporidia that infect mammals are 1.0-4.0 ?m.
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| 3. | Microsporidia can infect a variety of hosts, including hosts which are themselves parasites.
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| 4. | Horizontal gene transfer ( HGT ) seems to have occurred many times in microsporidia.
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| 5. | Microsporidia are restricted to animal hosts, and all major groups of animals host microsporidia.
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| 6. | Microsporidia are restricted to animal hosts, and all major groups of animals host microsporidia.
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| 7. | In microsporidia this is mediated by a unique and highly specialised protein : the polar tube.
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| 8. | The "'Microsporidia "'constitute a group of spore-forming unicellular parasites.
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| 9. | The named species of microsporidia usually infect one host species or a group of closely related taxa.
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| 10. | Microsporidia produce highly resistant spores, capable of surviving outside their host for up to several years.
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