Analyses and taxonomic inferences of small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences of five microsporidia pathogenic to the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 242-252

  Hatakeyama, Yoshinori ^a   Kawakami, Yuji ^b   Iwano, Hidetoshi ^a   Ishihara, Ren ^a   Inoue, Tadashi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FCG Research Institute Incorporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

microsporidia; Nosema bombycis; Pleistophora sp; secondary structure model; small subunit ribosomal RNA; Vairimorpha sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902171143     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.66.242     Document Type: Article

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