Isospora

Isospora
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Eimeriidae
Genus: Isospora
Schneider, 1881
Species

I. almaataensis
I. anseris
I. ashmoonensis
I. bahiensis
I. bigemina
I. bronchocelae
I. buteonis
I. buteonis
I. cardellinae
I. hammondi
I. heydorni
I. hominis
I. mandari
I. mejiro
I. neorivolta
I. peromysci
I. rara
I. ratti
I. rivolta
I. thibetana
I. wallacei

Isospora is a genus of internal parasites in the subclass Coccidia.

It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis, which causes acute, non-bloody diarrhoea in immunocompromised individuals.