Compared to the higher fungi (Dikarya), taxonomic and evolutionary studies on the basal
clades of fungi are fewer in number. Thus, the generic boundaries and higher ranks in the …

An epidemic of hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (HPND) with a high mortality rate (40%–
50%) recently occurred in the cultured Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, which is a …

Abstract Around 57.1% of microsporidia occupy aquatic environments, excluding a further
25.7% that utilise both terrestrial and aquatic systems. The aquatic microsporidia therefore …

Resurrection ecology (RE) is a very powerful approach to address a wide range of question
in ecology and evolution. This approach rests on using appropriate model systems, and only …

Abstract The Chinese grass shrimp (Palaemonetes sinensis) was found with a white turbidity
appearance in the Panjin area. After dissection, typical symptoms of milky disease with …

Since June 2012, samples of wild caught white shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus, from the Gulf
of Mexico, Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes (Louisiana, USA) with clinical signs of …

Parahepatospora carcini n. gen. n. sp., is a novel microsporidian parasite discovered
infecting the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the hepatopancreas of a single Carcinus …

The microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) has become a critical threat to the
global shrimp aquaculture industry, thus necessitating early detection by screening …

Comprehensive reviews on the history of the taxonomic classification of microsporidia have
been presented by Kudo (1924), Sprague (1977), and more recently by Franzen (2008). A …

A new microsporidian species, Globosporidium paramecii gen. nov., sp. nov., from
Paramecium primaurelia is described on the basis of morphology, fine structure, and SSU …