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Pleistophora Pleistophora (plīs-tof'ŏ-ră), A genus of microsporidians in the protozoan phylum Microspora, commonly found in fish and insects, with mononucleate thick-walled spores in clusters of more than eight. An undescribed but distinct species of Pleistophora was implicated as the cause of a disseminated microsporidial myositis in an immunocompromised male patient.Pleistophora (pli-sto-fo'ra) A genus of microsporidia that usually parasitizes fish. See: microsporidiosis |