Immunostaining of spores and plasmodia of disparate myxozoan genera with comments on the properties of the sporular mucus envelope

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 781-790

  Morris, D J ^a   Molnar K ^b   Longshaw, M ^c   Adams, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Microsporidia; Mucus envelope; Myxozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSPORIDA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOZOA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHAEROSPORA; TETRACAPSULOIDES BRYOSALMONAE; THELOHANELLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BRAIN; CARTILAGE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GILLS; KIDNEY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTOZOA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; SPHAEROSPORA; TETRACAPSULOIDES BRYOSALMONAE; THELOHANELLUS;

EID: 33646749893     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009807     Document Type: Article

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