| nosema portugal, n. sp., isolated from gypsy moths (lymantria dispar l.) collected in portugal | a microsporidium nosema portugal n. sp. was isolated from gypsy moths, lymantria dispar l, collected near lisbon, portugal, in 1985. the life cycle includes two sequential developmental cycles, a primary and a secondary cycle. the primary cycle occurs in midgut epithelial cells, where primary spores are produced within 48 h. the primary spores immediately extrude their polar filaments, presumably to infect other cells. in the target tissues (salivary glands and fat body) the secondary developmen ... | 1999 | 9878284 |