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Fixation of microsporidian spores for electron microscopy

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Summary, in English

Fresh and frozen spores of the microsporidia Nosema apis and Nosema bombi were fixed using various fixatives at different times and temperatures. Paraformaldehyde and technical formaldehyde gave results comparable to or better than glutaraldehyde. Increased fixation temperature improved the fixation of spores from terrestrial hosts. Freezing did not destroy the cytology or the spore.

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

47-50

Publication/Series

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volume

90

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • temperature
  • paraformaldehyde
  • formaldehyde
  • microsporidia
  • spores

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0022-2011