Kabataia gen. n., a new genus proposed for Microsporidium spp. infecting trunk muscles of fishes

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-46

  Lom, Jiří ^a   Dyková, Iva ^a   Tonguthai, Kamonporn ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Kabataia gen.n.; Microsporidia; Pangasius sutchi; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; KABATAIA SERIOLAE; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPOROBLAST; TAXONOMY;

KABATAIA; MICROSPORIDIUM ARTHURI; PANGASIUS SUTCHI;

EID: 0033547173     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao038039     Document Type: Article

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