Light and electron microscopic study of Agglomerata volgensae n. sp. (Microspora: Dubosqiidae), a new microsporidian parasite of Daphnia magna (Crustacea: Daphniidae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-99

  Larsson, J I Ronny ^a   Voronin, Vladimir N ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b State Res Inst Lake River Fish   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agglomerata volgensae; Daphnia magna; Microspora; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATA; AGGLOMERATA VOLGENSAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; DUBOSQIIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0343528015     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(00)80025-5     Document Type: Article

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