A nuptially transmitted ichthyosporean symbiont of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-250

  Lord, Jeffrey C ^a   Hartzer, Kris L ^a   Kambhampati, Srinivas ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mealworm; Mesomycetozoa; small subunit ribosomal DNA; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; BEETLE; FAT; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ICHTHYOSPOREA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; SYMBIOSIS; TENEBRIO; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; MESOMYCETOZOEA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOGONIA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; SYMBIOSIS; TENEBRIO; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHOANOZOA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; ICHTHYOSPOREA; PROTISTA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84861101770     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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