Morphology and taxonomy of the microsporidium Liebermannia covasacrae n. sp. from the grasshopper Covasacris pallidinota (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Sokolova, Yuliya Y ^a,b   Lange, Carlos E ^c   Mariottini, Yanina ^c   Fuxa, James R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Argentina; Covasacris pallidinota; Grasshopper; Liebermannia; Microsporidia; Molecular taxonomy; Orthoptera; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GRASSHOPPERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSPORIDIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ACRIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 64049091852     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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