Presentation by scanning electron microscopy of the life cycle of microsporidia of the genus Encephalitozoon

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1401-1406

  Schottelius, Justus ^a   Schmetz, Christel ^a   Kock, Niko P ^a   Schüler, Thomas ^a   Sobottka, Ingo ^b   Fleischer, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon spp.; Life cycle; Microsporidia; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ENCEPHALITOZOON; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENCEPHALITOZOON; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033763495     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)01293-4     Document Type: Article

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