Studies on the occurrence of actinosporean stages of myxosporeans in Lake Balaton, Hungary, with the description of triactinomyxon, raabeia and aurantiactinomyxon types

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 437-450

  El Mansy, Amina ^a,b,c   Szekely Cs ^a   Molnar K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Actinospore; Aurantiactinomyxon; Lake Balaton; Myxosporeans; Myxozoa; Raabeia; Survey; Triactinomyxon

Indexed keywords

HUNGARY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUNGARY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031602544     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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