Microsporidia comprise a large phylum of fungal-related pathogens that have been studied since the time of Louis Pasteur, who in 1870 found that they were responsible for silkworm disease that was decimating the silkworm industry [1,2]. These obligate intracellular microbes are ubiquitous, but have remained enigmatic because of the difficulties of culturing them in the lab. In the 1990s there w...

Aquaculture combines techniques for breeding and harvesting aquatic organisms used in shrimp production. It is important as a source of income generating foreign exchange the regions where it practiced. However, timely detection diseases continues to be great challenge aquaculture fisheries In recent years, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) has emerged major pathogen Pacific white Penaeus vanna...