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First record of gregarine protists (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa) in Asian fungus-growing termite Macrotermes barneyi (Blattaria: Termitidae)

Macrotermes barneyi, widely distributed in southern China, is the major fungus-growing termite in the subfamily Macrotermitinae. It has no flagellated protists in the guts. Here, we report occurrence of gregarine, a protozoan parasite in the digestive tract of M. barneyi. The general morphology and...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Shuo, Lin, Zijia, Huang, Qihong, Shen, Yulong, Ni, Jinfeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33441676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79671-7