Microbabesia
# Microbabesia

Microbabesia is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa.

## History

This genus was described by the Dutch scientist Sohns in 1918 while in the Dutch East Indies.

This species and genus has not been redescribed since.

## Note

The genus Microbabesia may be synonymous with that of Babesia. Further work in this area will be need to clarify this.

