Guidelines for the uniform characterisation of the actinosporean stages of parasites of the phylum Myxozoa

Disease of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Lom, J ^a   McGeorge, J ^b   Feist, S W ^c   Morris, D ^b   Adams, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c MAFF Fish Diseases Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actmosporean; Myxosporean; Myxozoan; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYXIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA;

EID: 0030794384     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao030001     Document Type: Article

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