The sugar content and density of living and dead Microsporidian (Protozoa: Microspora) spores

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-91

  Undeen, Albert H ^a   Solter, Leellen F ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Edhazardia aedis; Endoreticulatus sp; Microspora; Microsporidian spores; Microsporidium spp; Nosema algerae; Nosema apis; Nosema disstriae; Nosema locustae; Spore sugars; Thelohania sp; Vairimorpha lymantriae; Vairimorpha necatrix; Vairimorpha plodiae

Indexed keywords

ANTONOSPORA LOCUSTAE; APIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; EDHAZARDIA AEDIS; ENDORETICULATUS; ENDORETICULATUS SP.; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; PROTOZOA; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIA SP.; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA LYMANTRIAE; VAIRIMORPHA NECATRIX;

EID: 0008039191     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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