title: Microbabesia
text: # 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.
  
  