Characterization of two species of trypanosomatidae from the Honey Bee Apis mellifera: Crithidia mellificae Langridge and McGhee, and Lotmaria passim n. gen., n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 567-583

  Schwarz, Ryan S ^a   Bauchan, Gary R ^a   Murphy, Charles A ^a   Ravoet, Jorgen ^b   De Graaf, Dirk C ^b   Evans, Jay D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apidae; flagellate; Kinetoplastea; Leptomonas; protists; systematics; taxonomy; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CRITHIDIA; HYMENOPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEPTOMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AXENIC CULTURE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; CRITHIDIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXENIC CULTURE; BEES; CRITHIDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84941187081     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12209     Document Type: Article

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