An ultrastructural comparison of the attachment sites between Gregarina steini and Cryptosporidium muris

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 495-510

  Valigurová, Andrea ^a   Hofmannová, Lada ^b   Koudela, Břetislav ^b,c   Vávra, Jiří ^c,d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epimerite; Feeder organelle; Gregarine; Trophozoite; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LARVA; PATHOGEN; PLASMA; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CELL ADHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STOMACH; TENEBRIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; CELL ADHESION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINES; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RUMINANTS; STOMACH; TENEBRIO; TROPHOZOITES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; GREGARINA; RODENTIA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 36749055783     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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