Fluorochrome Uvitex 2b stain for detection of the microsporidian causing beko disease of yellowtail and goldstriped amberjack juveniles

Fish Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Kim, Jeong Ho ^a   Sato, Jun ^b   Sano, Motohiko ^c   Hirano, Keiji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Japan Sea Farming Associaiton   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Nagasaki Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fluorochrome stain; Goldstriped amberjack; Microsporidian; Microsporidium seriolae; Uvitex 2B; Yellowtail

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM SERIOLAE; MICROSPORUM; PROTOZOA; SERIOLA LALANDI; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA;

EID: 0030555074     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.31.99     Document Type: Article

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