Ultrastructural investigation of the spore-forming protist Nephridiophaga blattellae in the Malpighian tubules of the German cockroach Blattella germanica

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-231

  Radek, R ^a   Herth, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; COLEOPTERA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RIBOSOME; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTOZOA; SPORES;

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; COLEOPTERA; HAPLOSPORIDIA; MALPIGHIA; NEPHRIDIOPHAGA BLATTELLAE; NEPHRIDIOPHAGIDAE; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032905404     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050538     Document Type: Article

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