| testicular myxosporidiasis and ultrastructural characteristics of myxobolus bufonis (myxobolidae) infecting the egyptian toad bufo regularis (bufonidae). a light and electron microscopic study. | the phylum myxozoa comprises more than 2180 species, almost all of which are considered to be obligate parasites of aquatic fishes and amphibians. they are dangerous pathogens responsible for severe economic losses. from march to september 2014, 40 adult male bufo regularis (bufonidae) captured from different areas at giza province, egypt, were surveyed for myxosporean parasitic infection. of these, 22 (55%) were infected by histozoic plasmodia, which produced spores after rupture belonging to m ... | 2015 | 26266882 |