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Ultrastructure of the Microsporidium, Duboscqia legeri, the Type Species of the Genus Duboscqia Perez, 1908
- 1.0354301 - MBÚ 2011 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Weiser, J. - Belton, P. - Žižka, Zdeněk - Holuša, J.
Ultrastructure of the Microsporidium, Duboscqia legeri, the Type Species of the Genus Duboscqia Perez, 1908.
Acta Protozoologica. Roč. 49, č. 2 (2010), s. 125-131. ISSN 0065-1583. E-ISSN 1689-0027
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Keywords : Duboscqia legeri * microsporidium * ultrastructures
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
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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 this material was used to study of ultrastructure. 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 ultrastructure 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 discused
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