Nosema chaetocnemae sp. n. (Microspora: Nosematidae), a microsporidian parasite of Chaetocnema tibialis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-237

  Yaman, Mustafa ^a   Radek, Renate ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chaetocnema tibialis; Microsporidia; Nosema chaetocnemae sp. n.

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCNEMA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMATIDAE;

EID: 0041350649     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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