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Ultrastructure of the Microsporidium, Duboscqia legeri, the Type Species of the Genus Duboscqia Perez, 1908

Publication date: 2010

Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 125 - 131

Authors

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Jaroslav Weiser
Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Peter Belton
Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Zdenek Zizka
Electron microscopy, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
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Jaroslav Holusa
Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ultrastructure of the Microsporidium, Duboscqia legeri, the Type Species of the Genus Duboscqia Perez, 1908

Abstract

The type species of the genus Duboscqia Perez, 1908 (Opisthokonta, Microspora), D. legeri is a pathogen of termites. It was found again in Zootermopsis angusticollis in British Columbia and the material is used for emendation of data on ultrastructures of this old genus. The sporogony of this microsporidian ends with 16 oval spores closed in sporophorous vesicles. The isofilar polar filament coiled in 13 coils, the arched anchoring disc and the polaroplast with tightly packed lamellae are typical for the ultrastructures of uninucleate spores. The sporophorous vesicle is persistent. The microsporidian infects cyst-like lobes of the fat body hanging free in the body cavity. Relations to other related genera are discussed.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 125 - 131

Article type: Original article

Authors

Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Electron microscopy, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic

Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Published at: 2010

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Jaroslav Weiser (Author) - 25%
Peter Belton (Author) - 25%
Zdenek Zizka (Author) - 25%
Jaroslav Holusa (Author) - 25%

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