Figure 1.
Microsporidia in histologic stains from various fishes. Bars = 25 µm. a. Pseudoloma neurophilia individual spores (arrow) and aggregate with presporogonic stages (p) associated with chronic inflammation in the nerve and skeletal muscle of Danio rerio. Luna. b – e. P. neurophilia xenoma in spinal cord of zebrafish. b, Luna; c, Gram; d, Fite’s acid fast; e, Giemsa. f-i, Loma salmonae xenoma in Oncorhynchus kistuch gill. f, Luna; g, Gram; h, Fite’s acid fast; i, Giemsa. j-m. Glugea stephani spores, within background of chronic inflammation, in ovarian follicle of Pleuronectes platessa. j, Luna;; k, Gram;; l, Fite’s acid fast;; m, Giemsa.