Occurrence of a new histozoic microsporidian (Protozoa, Microspora ) in cultured gilt head sea bream Sparus aurata L.

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 196-199

  Abela, M ^a   Brinch Iversen, J ^a   Tanti, J ^a   Le Breton, A ^a  

^a National Aquaculture Centre   (Malta)

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