Microsporidian infection in a free-living marine nematode

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1544-1551

  Ardila Garcia, A M ^a   Fast, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIA; MUSCLE; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CLASSIFICATION; MICROSPORIDIA; MUSCLES; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MICROSPORIDIA; NEMATODA; ODONTOPHORA RECTANGULA; PROTOFUNGI;

EID: 84870440814     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00228-12     Document Type: Article

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