Encephalitozoon cuniculi: Light and electron microscopic evidence for di-, tetra-, and octosporous sporogony and a note on the molecular phylogeny of encephalitozoonidae

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-115

  Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   Leitch, Gordon J ^b   Pieniazek, Norman J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glugea; Immunofluorescence; Microsporidia; Monokaryotic; Nosema; Parasitophorous vacuole

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0033105447     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04593.x     Document Type: Article

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