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Nosema /No·se·ma/ (no-se´mah) a genus of intracellular protozoa, including N. ocula´rum, which causes corneal infections.
Nosema a genus of protozoa in the class Microsporea. All are obligate intracellular parasites. Nosema branchialis, Nosema lophi found in fish. Nosema cuniculi see encephalitozooncuniculi. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1997, just months before he began his monitoring project, Thorp attended a symposium of the Entomological Society of America during which he learned that an outbreak of Nosema bombi--a fungus that lives in the bees' intestinal track--had wiped out commercial populations of B. Mooted culprits include a blood-sucking mite called varroa; a single-celled fungal parasite called Nosema cerenae that causes bee dystentery and pesticides used in fields that are pollinated by bees. The bees returned infected with nosema ceranae, a single-celled protozoa originally from southeast Asia, which destroys the bees' digestive tract. |
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