Ultrastructural description of the life cycle of Nosema diphterostomi sp. n., a microsporidia hyperparasite of Diphterostomum brusinae (Digenea: Zoogonidae), intestinal parasite of Diplodus annularis (Pisces: Teleostei)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-336

  Levron, Céline ^a,c   Ternengo, Sonia ^a   Toguebaye, Bhen Sikina ^b   Marchand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c Faculte des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

Author keywords

Diphterostomum brusinae; Diplodus annularis; Hyperparasite; Microsporidium; Nosema diphterostomi sp. n.; Nosematidae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPHTEROSTOMUM; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMATIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; TREMATODA; ZOOGONIDAE;

EID: 9644281463     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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