The first united workshop on microsporidia from invertebrate and vertebrate hosts

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Fish pathogens; Genome; Insect pathogens; Meetings; Microsporidia; Microsporidiosis; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTISTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444484202     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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