''Miracula'' is a
genus
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of
parasitic
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protists
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that parasite
diatoms
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, containing the type species ''
Miracula helgolandica''.
More recently, the species ''
Miracula moenusica'' from the river
Main
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*Main River (disambiguation), multiple rivers with the same name
*Ma'in, an ancient kingdom in modern-day Yemen
* Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*Spanish Main, the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territ ...
in
Frankfurt am Main
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, ''
Miracula islandica'' from a shore in the north of
Iceland
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, ''
Miracula einbuarlaekurica'' from a streamlet in the north of
Iceland
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, and ''
Miracula blauvikensis'' from the shore at the research station
Blávík in the east fjords of
Iceland
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were added to the genus. It is the only genus in the
family
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Miraculaceae, of uncertain taxonomic position within the
Oomycetes
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.
They're one of the most basal lineages in the phylogeny of
Oomycetes
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.
Species
* ''
Miracula blauvikensis''
* ''
Miracula helgolandica''
* ''
Miracula islandica''
* ''
Miracula moenusica''
* ''
Miracula einbuarlaekurica''
References
Oomycete genera
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