Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Megamonas
Species: Megamonas hypermegale
Hierarchy: Megamonas: Veillonellaceae: Selenomonadales: Negativi-
cutes: Firmicutes
Megasphaera
Species: Megasphaera sp.
Hierarchy: Megasphaera:
Acidaminococcaceae:
Clostridiales:
Clostridia: Firmicutes: Bacteria
Meningonema
Species: Meningonema peruzzii
Hierarchy: Meningonema: Onchocercidae: Filarioidea: Spirurina:
Spirurida: Secernentea: Nematoda (inferred hierarchy, clinical descrip-
tion in [92])
Mesocestoides
Species: Mesocestoides variabilis, Mesocestoides lineatus
Hierarchy: Mesocestoides: Mesocestoididae:
Cyclophyllidea:
Eucestoda: Cestoda: Platyhelminthes
Metagonimus
Species: Metagonimus yokogawai, Metagonimus minutus
Hierarchy: Metagonimus: Heterophyidae: Opisthorchiata: Opisthorch-
iida: Digenea: Trematoda: Platyhelminthes
Metastrongylus
Species: Metastrongylus elongatus
Hierarchy: Metastrongylus: Metastrongylidae: Metastrongyloidea:
Strongylida: Rhabditida: Nematoda
Metorchis
Species: Metorchis conjunctus, Metorchis albidus
Hierarchy: Metorchis: Opisthorchiidae: Opisthorchioidea: Opisthorch-
iata: Opisthorchiida: Digenea: Trematoda: Platyhelminthes
Microfilaria (a taxonomically uncertified category for microfilariae that
cannot be assigned to a known species)
Species: Microfilaria bolivarensis
Hierarchy: Microfilaria: Onchocercidae:
Filarioidea:
Spirurida:
Nematoda
Micromonas
Infectious species: (periodontal disease); Micromonas micros, formerly
Peptostreptococcus micros, alternately Parvimonas micros
Hierarchy: Micromonas: Clostridiaceae: Clostridiales: Clostridia:
Firmicutes (inferred based on similarity to Peptostreptococcus)
Micronema
Infectious species: [155]; Micronema deletrix, alternately Halicephalo-
bus deletrix
Hierarchy: Micronema: Panagrolaimidae: Rhabditida: Nematoda
