Morphological and molecular characterization of Antonospora scoticae n. gen., n. sp. (Protozoa, Microsporidia) a parasite of the communal bee, Andrena scotica Perkins, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-193

  Fries, Ingemar ^a   Paxton, Robert J ^b   Tengö, Jan ^c   Slemenda, Susan B ^d   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^d   Pieniazek, Norman J ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrena scotica; Antonospora scoticae n. gen and n. sp.; Molecular phylogeny; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANDRENA SCOTICA; ANTONOSPORA SCOTICAE;

EID: 0033591626     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80036-4     Document Type: Article

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