Transfer of the members of the genus Brachiola (Microsporidia) to the genus Anncaliia based on ultrastructural and molecular data

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-35

  Franzen, Caspar ^a   Nassonova, Elena S ^b   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Issi, Irma V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c ALL RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anncaliia; Brachiola; Microsporidia; rDNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ORNAMENTATION; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; APANSPOROBLASTINA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APANSPOROBLASTINA; BEETLES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

BRACHIOLA; BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; BRACHIOLA VESICULARUM; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA;

EID: 33644819505     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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