Ultrastructure of the digestive tract in Acarus siro (Acari: Acaridida)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-71

  Šobotník, Jan ^a   Alberti, Gerd ^b   Weyda, František ^c,d   Hubert, Jan ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Digestive cells; Peritrophic membrane; Postcolonic diverticula; Regenerative cells; Spherite cells

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLON; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; PHARYNX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACARI; ANIMALS; COLON; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHARYNX;

ACARI; ACARUS SIRO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37649009476     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10573     Document Type: Article

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