| description of a xenoma-inducing microsporidian, microgemma tincae n. sp., parasite of the teleost fish symphodus tinca from tunisian coasts. | a xenoma-inducing microsporidian species was found to infect the liver of the teleost fish, peacock wrasse symphodus (crenilabrus) tinca. minimal estimates of the prevalence of the parasite in fishes caught along tunisian coasts were as high as 43 % for bizerte samples (over 2 yr) and 72% for monastir samples (over 3 yr). developmental stages were dispersed within a xenoma structure that was bounded only by the plasma membrane of the hypertrophic host cell. ultrastructural features support alloc ... | 2005 | 16119890 |