List of corrections and changes in the taxonomic status of species which are relevant for publications of the group of Dieter Ebert. (If you find further problems please report them to dieter.ebert-at-unibas.ch).
| Publication | Item to be corrected | Correct version |
| Ebert, D. 1994.Virulence and local adaptation of a horizontally transmitted parasite. Science 265:1084-1086 | Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis | Species name: Glugoides intestinalis |
| Ebert, D. 1994. Genetic differences in the interactions of a microsporidian parasite and four clones of its cyclically parthenogenetic host. Parasitology, 108:11-16 | Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis | Species name: Glugoides intestinalis |
| Ebert, D. 1995. The ecological interaction between a microsporidian parasite and its host Daphnia magna. Journal of Animal Ecology 64:361-369 | Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis | Parasite species name: Glugoides intestinalis |
| Mangin, K.L., Lipsitch, M. & Ebert, D. 1995. Virulence and transmission modes of two microsporidia in Daphnia magna. Parasitology 111:133-142 | 1. Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis 2. Parasite species name: Tuzetia sp. |
1. Parasite species name: Ordospora colligata 2. Parasite species name: Flabelliforma magnivora |
| Ebert, D. & Mangin, K.L. 1995. The evolution of virulence - when familiarity breeds death. Biologist 42:154-156 | 1. Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis 2. parasite species name: Tuzetia sp. |
1. Parasite species name: Glugoides intestinalis 2. parasite species name: Flabelliforma magnivora |
| Ebert, D. & Herre, E.A. 1996. The evolution of parasitic disease. Parasitology Today 12:96-101 | Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis | Parasite species name: Glugoides intestinalis |
| Stirnadel, A.H. & Ebert, D. 1997. Prevalence, host specificity and impact on host fecundity of microparasites and epibionts in three sympatric Daphnia species. Journal of Animal Ecology 66:212-222 | 1. Parasite species name: Pleistophora intestinalis 2. Parasite species name: Tuzetia sp. |
1. The reports of P. intestinalis in this publication include most likely two parasites with very similar pathology and light microscopic structure: Glugoides intestinalis and Ordospora colligata. 2. Parasite species name: Flabelliforma magnivora |
| Ebert, D. 1998. Experimental evolution of parasites. Science 282: 1432-1435 | Reference Nr. 73 is wrongly listed in the Reference list. | The correct reference is: Levine, HB, Pappagianis, D, & Cobb, JM. Development of vaccines for coccidiomycosis. Mycopathol. 1970; 41:177-185 |
| Ebert, D., Zschokke-Rohringer, C.D. & Carius, H.J. 2000. Dose effects and density dependent regulation of two microparasites of Daphnia magna. Oecologia (Berlin) 122: 200-209 | Parasite species name: Metschnikowiella biscuspidata | Species name: Metschnikowia bicuspidata (Metschnikov) Kamenski (There is still some uncertain about this species. The genus affiliation is not entirely clear yet). |
| Ebert, D., Lipsitch, M. & Mangin, K.L. 2000. The effect of parasites on host population density and extinction: experimental epidemiology with Daphnia and six microparasites. American Naturalist 156: 459-477 | Parasite species name: Metschnikowiella biscuspidata | Species name: Metschnikowia bicuspidata (Metschnikov) Kamenski (There is still some uncertain about this species. The genus affiliation is not entirely clear yet). |
| as above | Equation on page 461, right colume: dx/dt = a(x+fy)[1-c(x+y)]- dy - 'beta'xy, | dy should be replaced with dx. The correct equation is: dx/dt = a(x+fy)[1-c(x+y)]- dx - 'beta'xy |
| Canning, E. U., A. Curry, S. A. Chenney, N. J. Lafranchi-Tristem, D. Ebert, D. Rifardt, M. Killick-Kendrick, and R. Killick-Kendrick. 2001. Flabelliforma montana (Phylum Microsporidia) from Phlebotomus ariasi (Diptera, Psychodidae): ultrastructural observations and phylogenetic relationships. Europ. J. Protistol. 37:207-221 | The name of the sixth author: D. Rifardt | The correct name is: D. Refardt |
| Refardt, D, Canning, E.U., Mathis, A., Cheney, S.A., Lafranchi-Tristem, N.J. & Ebert, D. 2002. Small subunit ribosomal DNA phylogeny of microsporidia that infect Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera) Parasitology 124:381-389 | The host of Gurleya vavrai (in Table 1) is given as Daphnia longispina. | The correct host species is: Daphnia pulex |