A new microsporidium sp. (Microsporidia) from the musculature of the mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsoni from British Columbia: Morphology and phylogeny

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1114-1119

  Kent, M L ^a   Docker, M ^a,b   Khattra, J ^a,b   Vossbrinck, C R ^a,c   Speare, D J ^a,d   Devlin, R H ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b Fisheries and Oceans Canada   (Canada)

^c Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; COREGONINAE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033452642     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285676     Document Type: Article

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