Occurrence of Cystosporogenes sp. (Protozoa, Microsporidia) in a multi-species insect production facility and its elimination from a colony of the eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-28

  Van Frankenhuyzen, Kees ^a   Ebling, Peter ^a   McCron, Bob ^a   Ladd, Tim ^a   Gauthier, Debbie ^a   Vossbrinck, Charles ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b 123 Huntington Street ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Choristoneura fumiferana; Cystosporogenes legeri; Eastern spruce budworm; Endoreticulatus schubergi; Host range; Microsporidia; Pathogenicity; rDNA sequence; Transmission; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; FUMAGILLIN; RIBOSOME DNA; SESQUITERPENE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SESQUITERPENES;

CHORISTONEURA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CYSTOSPOROGENES; CYSTOSPOROGENES LEGERI; ENDORETICULATUS SCHUBERGI; INSECTA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; PICEA; PROTOZOA; TORTRICIDAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 6344239181     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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