What is "hamiltosporidium"

Hamiltosporidium is a genus of Microsporidia, which are intracellular and unicellular parasites. The genus, proposed by Haag et al. in 2010, contains two species; Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis, and Hamiltosporidium magnivora. Both species infect only the crustacean Daphnia magna (Waterflea).

D. magna and H. tvaerminnensis are a frequently used model organism to study coevolution and local adaptation.