Vavraia culicis (Weiser, 1947) Weiser, 1977 revisited: Cytological characterisation of a Vavraia culicis-like microsporidium isolated from mosquitoes in Florida and the establishment of Vavraia culicis floridensis subsp. n.

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-271

  Vávra, Jiří ^a,b,d   Becnel, James J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Light microscopic cytology; Microsporidia; Mosquitoes; Ultrastructure; Vavraia

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; VAVRAIA; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

EID: 37849048928     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.034     Document Type: Article

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