Developmental cycle and ultrastructure of Steinhausia mytilovum, a microsporidian parasite of oocytes of the mussel, mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-68

  Sagristà, Elena ^a   Bozzo, M Gracia ^b   Bigas, Montserrat ^b   Poquet, Montserrat ^b   Durfort, Mercè ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Development cycle; Meronts; Microsporidia; Polar filament; Tubular system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; STEINHAUSIA; STEINHAUSIA MYTILOVUM;

EID: 0032539952     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(98)80040-0     Document Type: Article

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