Morphological and molecular characterization of a new microsporidian (Protozoa: Microsporidia) isolated from Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-814

  Johny, S ^a,b   Kanginakudru, S ^a   Muralirangan, M C ^b   Nagaraju, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b GS Gill Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

16S SSU rDNA; Microsporidia; Nosema; Phylogeny; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; FAT BODY; HOST CELL; HOST RANGE; INDIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBYCIS; NOSEMA SPODOPTERAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, RRNA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPODOPTERA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOCTUIDAE; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBYCIS; NOSEMA SPODOPTERAE; PROTOZOA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 33646747218     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006009863     Document Type: Article

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