Williams BA, Hirt RP, Lucocq JM, Embley TM (2002)
A mitochondrial remnant in the microsporidian
Trachipleistophora hominis. Nature 418:865–869
Williams BA, Lee RC, Becnel JJ, Weiss LM, Fast NM,
Keeling PJ (2008) Genome sequence surveys of
Brachiola algerae andEdhazardia aedis reveal
microsporidia with low gene densities. BMC Geno-
mics 9:200
Wilson GG (1973) Incidence of microsporidia in a
field population of spruce budworm. Can For
Serv Bi-Mon Res Notes 29:35
Wilson GG (1981)Nosema fumiferanae, a natural path-
ogen of forest pests: potential for pest manage-
ment. In: Burges HD (ed) Microbial control of
pests and plant diseases. Academic, London, pp
595–602
Wittner M, Weiss LM (1999) The microsporidia and
microsporidiosis. American Society for Microbiol-
ogy Press, Washington, DC
Wongtavatchai J, Conrad PA, Hedrick RP (1994) In vitro
cultivation of the microsporidian:Enterocytozoon
salmonis using a newly developed medium for
salmonid lymphocytes. J Tissue Cult Methods 16:125
Wright JH, Craighead EM (1922) Infectious motor
paralysis in young rabbits. J Exp Med 36:135–140
Xu Y, Takvorian PM, Cali A, Orr G, Weiss LM (2004)
Glycosylation of the major polar tube protein of
Encephalitozoon hellem, a microsporidian parasite
that infects humans. Infect Immun 72:6341–6350
Xu Y, Takvorian P, Cali A, Wang F, Zhang H, Orr G,
Weiss LM (2006) Identification of a new spore wall
protein from Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Infect
Immun 74:239–247140 E.S. Didier et al.