Vairimorpha imperfecta n.sp., a microsporidian exhibiting an abortive octosporous sporogony in Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-286

  Canning, E U ^a   Curry, A ^b   Cheney, S ^a   Lafranchi Tristem, N J ^a   Haque, M A ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Plutella xylostella; rDNA sequence; Ultrastructure; Vairimorpha imperfecta n.sp.

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL SECRETION; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; DIPLOIDY; ELECTRON; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMATIDAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PROTOZOA; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA IMPERFECTA; VAIRIMORPHA NECATRIX; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 0032874155     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004734     Document Type: Article

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