Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of Bacillidium vesiculoformis n. sp. (Microspora: Mrazekiidae) in the freshwater oligochaete Nais simplex (Oligochaeta: Naididae)

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Morris, D J ^a   Terry, R S ^b   Ferguson, K B ^c   Smith, J E ^b   Adams, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Dollar Academy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryozoa; Life cycle; Manubrium; Pseudonosema

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACILLIDIUM VESICULOFORMIS; BLOOD CELL; BRYOZOA; CHLORAGOCYTE; CYTOPLASM; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST CELL; HYPERTROPHY; JANACEKIA DEBAISEUXI; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDA; NAIS SIMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; SPOROZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROSPORIDIA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYLOGENY;

ANNELIDA; BACILLIDIUM SP.; BACILLIDIUM VESICULOFORMIS; BRYOZOA; JANACEKIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MRAZEKIIDAE; NAIDIDAE; NAIS SIMPLEX; PROTOZOA; PSEUDONOSEMA;

EID: 12744273162     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006286     Document Type: Article

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