Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Mosquito Parasitic Microsporidia (Microsporidia: Amblyosporidae)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-95

  Vossbrinck, Charles R ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Vavra, Jiri ^b,c   Becnel, James J ^d  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Amblyospora; Copepod; Culex; Insect pathology; Ochlerotatus; Parasites

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

EVOLUTION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PROTIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

AMBLYOSPORA; AMBLYOSPORIDAE; ANIMALIA; BERWALDIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; CULICOSPORA; DIPTERA; EDHAZARDIA; GURLEYA; INSECTA; LARSSONIA; MICROSPORIDIA; PARATHELOHANIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 1242345299     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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