Use of nucleotide sequence data to identify a microsporidian pathogen of Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Malone, Louise A ^a   McIvor, Catherine A ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori, silkworm, Bombus terrestris, bumble bee; Dimorphism; Life cycle; Microspora; Microsporidium (Thelohania) mesnili; Nosema bombi; Nosema bombycis; Nosema mesnili; Phylogeny; Pieris rapae, cabbage white butterfly; Ribosomal RNA; Vairimorpha mesnili

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOMBYX MORI; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALPIGHIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI; NOSEMA BOMBYCIS; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE; THELOHANIA; VAIRIMORPHA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 0030278964     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0090     Document Type: Article

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