Light and electron microscopic study of a myxosporean, Tetrauronema desaequalis n. sp. (Fam. Tetrauronematidae), from an amazonian fish

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 288-291

  Azevedo, Carlos ^a   Matos, Edilson ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Faculty of Agricultural Sciences   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPORES;

ANIMALIA; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; MYXOSPOREA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0029885030     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284162     Document Type: Article

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