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A new microsporidian, Nosema locustae n.sp., from the fat body of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Elizabeth U. Canning
Elizabeth U. Canning
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Extract

On 7 March 1953 I received several specimens of Locusta migratoria from Mr T. Singh, who found them dying in the breeding cages at the Imperial College, London. Microscopic examination showed that the fat body contained large numbers of oval-shaped spores belonging to a microsporidian.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 43 , Issue 3-4 , November 1953 , pp. 287 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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