Redescription of Pleistophora intestinalis Chatton, 1907, a microsporidian parasite of Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex, with establishment of the new genus Glugoides (Microspora, Glugeidae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-261

  Larsson, J I Ronny ^a   Ebert, Dieter ^b,c   Vávra, Jiři ^d   Voronin, Vladimir N ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e State Res Inst Lake River Fish   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Glugoides gen. nov; Microspora; Pleistophora intestinalis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULEX; GLUGEIDAE; GLUGOIDES; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; PLEISTOPHORA; PULEX;

EID: 0001689088     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0932-4739(96)80024-1     Document Type: Article

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