The team of zoologists lead by Prof. Dieter Ebert has been studying the evolution of microsporidia for years. (sciencedaily.com)
Nematocida parisii, a newly discovered species of the protozoan parasites known as microsporidia, lives in the intestines of C. elegans, a small roundworm commonly used for research. (discovermagazine.com)
Electronmicroscopic picture of the spores of the newly discovered microsporidium M. daphniae. (sciencedaily.com)