Ivan Fiala

Microsporidian diversity and host associations in aquatic invertebrate communities of South Bohemian fish ponds revealed by metabarcoding

Microsporidians are highly specialised intracellular parasites adapted to an obligate parasitic lifestyle. Although more than 1,500 species have been described to date, their true diversity is likely much higher, particularly in poorly-studied aquatic environments. Here, we applied an optimised tissue-based metabarcodi...