A new microsporidian species, Vairimorpha ocinarae n. sp., isolated from Ocinara lida Moore (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) in Taiwan

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-78

  Wang, Chih Yuan ^a   Solter, Leellen F ^b   Huang, Wei Fong ^a   Tsai, Yi Chun ^a   Lo, Chu Fang ^a   Wang, Chung Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron dense granules; Ocinara lida; Phylogenetic analysis; Ultrastructure; Vairimorpha ocinarae n. sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; TAIWAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYCIDAE; FICUS MICROCARPA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA INVICTAE;

EID: 58649111492     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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