Microsporidia

Systematics and Evolution: Part A: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 115-140

  Didier, Elizabeth S ^a   Becnel, James J ^b   Kent, Michael L ^c   Sanders, Justin L ^c   Weiss, Louis M ^d  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-55318-9     Document Type: Chapter

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