Morphological, molecular, and phylogenetic characterization of Nosema ceranae, a microsporidian parasite isolated from the European honey bee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Chen, Yanping P ^a   Evans, Jay D ^a   Murphy, Charles ^a   Gutell, Robin ^b   Zuker, Michael ^c   Gundensen Rindal, Dawn ^a   Pettis, Jeff S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Microorganism; Parasitism; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, RRNA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MARYLAND; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NOSEMA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL, EUKARYOTIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMA VESPULA;

EID: 64249122752     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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