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

Abstract 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 morpho...

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Autores principales: Shuo Zhang, Zijia Lin, Qihong Huang, Yulong Shen, Jinfeng Ni
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/a8bdb12448d447959ef3f50dd7cc9a51
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