Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) parasitizing Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-568

  Plischuk, Santiago ^a   Meeus, Ivan ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^b   Lange, Carlos E ^a  

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

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; APICYSTIS; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; NEOGREGARINORIDA;

EID: 79960502619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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