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On the taxonomic position of the genus Encephalitozoon Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923 (Protozoa: Microsporidia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Jaroslav Weiser
Jaroslav Weiser
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Insect Pathology, Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, Prague
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The structure of the spores of Encephalitozoon cuniculi Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923, shows that it belongs to the Order Microsporidia Balbiani, 1882 and that the genus Encephalitozoon is a synonym for the older Nosema Nägeli, 1857. Therefore, the species of Microsporidia described from mammals are now: Nosema cuniculi (Levaditi, Nicolau & Schoen, 1923), Nosema rabiei (Manouelian & Viala, 1924) and Nosema chagasi (Torres, 1927). Another microsporidian in mammals is Thelohania apodemi (Doby, Jeannes & Rault, 1963).

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , November 1964 , pp. 749 - 751
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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