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Pneumocystis jirovecii

Wikipedia Abstract

Pneumocystis jirovecii (previously P.Carinii) is a yeast-like fungus of the genus Pneumocystis. The causative organism of Pneumocystis pneumonia, it is an important human pathogen, particularly among immunocompromised hosts. Prior to its discovery as a human-specific pathogen, P. jirovecii was known as P. carinii.
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Parasite of 
Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)[1]
Macaca fuscata (Japanese macaque)[1]
Mustela nivalis (Least Weasel)[1]
Pithecia pithecia (Guianan saki)[1]
Saguinus midas (Midas tamarin)[1]

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♦ 1Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0