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Microsporidia arc Protozoa and are intracellular parasites. They attack various categories of animal, from Protozoa to man. The most frequent hosts are Arthropoda and fish.
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Toguebaye, B.S., Marchand, B., Bouix, G. (1988). Microsporidia of the chrysomelidae. In: Jolivet, P., Petitpierre, E., Hsiao, T.H. (eds) Biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_23
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