A new encephalitozoon species (microsporidia) isolated from the lubber grasshopper, romalea microptera (Beauvois) (Orthoptera: Romaleidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 976-986

  Lange, Carlos E ^a   Johny, Shajahan ^a,b   Baker, Michael D ^a,c   Whitman, Douglas W ^a,b   Solter, Leellen F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASSHOPPER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIFE CYCLE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY;

APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON ROMALEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSHOPPER; MIDGUT; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCHIZONT; SISTER GROUP; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; ORTHOPTERA; ROMALEA MICROPTERA; ROMALEIDAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON; GRASSHOPPERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 73949156376     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1923.1     Document Type: Article

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