- Title
- Isolation, identification and genetic characterisation of a microsporidium isolated from carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- Creator
- Lloyd, Melissa, Knox, Caroline M, Hill, Martin P, Moore, Sean D, Thackeray, Sean R
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- article
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/59874
- Identifier
- vital:27674
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.4001/003.025.0529
- Description
- 'Microsporidia' is a term used for organisms belonging to the phylum Microspora, which contains approximately 187 genera and 1500 species (Corradi 2015). They are obligate intracellular parasites with no active metabolic stages of the life cycle occurring outside of the host cells (Franzen & Muller 1999; Garcia 2002; Tsai et al. 2003; Huang et al. 2004). They exhibit eukaryotic characteristics such as a membrane-bound nucleus, an intracytoplasmic membrane system, and chromosome separation occurs on mitotic spindles. However, they also exhibit prokaryotic characteristics such as possession of a 70S ribosome, lack of true mitochondria and peroxisomes, a simple version of the Golgi apparatus, and a small genome which is much less complex than those of most eukaryotes (Franzen & Muller 1999; Garcia 2002). Microspo- ridia are parasitic in all major groups of animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates (Sprague 1977; Franzen & Muller 1999). Microsporidia were first recognised as pathogens in silkworms by Nageli (1857), and now have been found to infect many hosts such as humans, insects, fish and mammals (Stentiford et al. 2016).
- Format
- 6 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Entomology, Lloyd, M., Knox, C.M., Thackeray, S.R., Hill, M.P. and Moore, S.D., 2017. Isolation, identification and genetic characterisation of a microsporidium isolated from carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller)(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). African Entomology, 25(2), pp.529-533, African Entomology 25 vol. 2 no. 529 533 2017 1021-3589
- Rights
- African Entomology
- Rights
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Knox, Caroline M (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
Hill, Martin Patrick (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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