Tetracapsula bryosalmonae n.sp. for PKX organism, the cause of PKD in Salmonid fish

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Canning, E U ^a   Curry, A ^b   Feist, S W ^c   Longshaw, M ^c   Okamura, B ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001212883     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (4)

1. Anderson C.L., Canning E.U. & Okamura B. (1999) 18S rDNA sequences indicate that PKX organism parasitizes Bryozoa. Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol. 19(3), 194-97.
2. Canning E.U., Okamura B. & Curry A. (1996) Development of a myxozoan parasite Tetracapsula bryozoides gen.n. et sp.n. in Cristatella mucedo (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata). Fol. Parasitol. 43, 249-261.
3. Kent M.L. & Hedrick R.P. (1985) PKX the causative agent of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) in Pactific salmonid fishes and its affinities with the Myxozoa. J. Protozool. 32, 254-260.
4. Longshaw M., Feist S.W., Canning E.U. & Okamura B. (1999) First identification of PKX in bryozoans from the United Kingdom - molecular evidence. Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol. 19(4), 146-148.