Ultrastructural description of Ceratomyxa microlepis sp. nov. (phylum myxozoa): A parasite infecting the gall bladder of Hemiodus microlepis, a freshwater teleost from the Amazon River

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-154

  Azevedo, Carlos ^a,b   Rocha, Sónia ^b   Casal, Graça ^b,c   Clemente, Sérgio Carmona São ^d   Matos, Patrícia ^e   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^f   Matos, Edilson ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g Instituto Socioambiental e Dos Recurso Hídricos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon river; Ceratomyxa microlepis sp. nov.; Freshwater teleost; Gall bladder; Hemiodus microlepis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXIDAE; HEMIODONTIDAE; HEMIODUS; MICROLEPIS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84875469142     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108022013004     Document Type: Article

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