Characterization of a pathogen related to Vavraia culicis detected in a laboratory colony of Anopheles stephensi

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Lobo, Maria L ^a   Silveira, Henrique ^a   Ramos, Susana ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Matos, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

DETECTION METHOD; EUKARYOTE; HOST; MOSQUITO; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

EID: 33751362836     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00175.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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