[New species of Microsporidia in the genus Amblyospora from blood-sucking mosquitoes in the family Culicidae].
Two microsporidians of the genus Amblyospora from mosquito larvae of Aedes and Culex were studied in Tomsk region (Siberia). Peculiarities of the sporogony and the meiospore ultrastructure were studied by light and electron microscopy. The meiospores of A. caspius sp. n. from Aedes caspius and Ae. communis measured on smears, were c. 4.8 x 3.6 microns in size. A polar filament was anisofilar with 5 wide (290 nm) and 9 narrow (190 nm) coils arranged in a single layer. A polaroplast of both species was composed of two parts: anterior lamellae and posterior fibrillae. Meiospores of A. burlaki sp. n. from Culex pipiens measured c. 4.8 x 3.5 microns. A polar filament was anisofilar with 3 wide (260 nm) and 6 narrow (110 nm) coils. The meiospore of this species had a 260 nm thick multilayered exospore.
Pankova
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Issi
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Simakova
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D000330:Aedes / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure