Morphology, molecular phylogeny, and ecology of Binucleata daphniae n. g., n. sp. (Fungi: Microsporidia), a parasite of Daphnia magna Straus, 1820 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-408

  Refardt, Dominik ^a,b   Decaestecker, Ellen ^c   Johnson, Pieter T J ^d   Vávra, Jiří ^e,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Berwaldia; Cladocera; Gurleya; Larssonia; Senoma; Transmission; Ultrastructure; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

CLADISTICS; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FUNGUS; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DAPHNIA; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DNA, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BERWALDIA; BRANCHIOPODA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; FUNGI; GURLEYA; LARSSONIA; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 54249126477     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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