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Research Article

Inter- and Intra-species Karyotype Variations Among Microsporidia of the Genus Encephalitozoon as Determined by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis

Ingo Sobottka, Helmut Albrecht, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Norman J. Pieniazek, Peter Deplazes, David A. Schwartz, Rainer Laufs, Holger-Andreas Elsner Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
Pages 555-558 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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