A vital staining technique with fluorescein diacetate (FDA) and propidium iodide (PI) for the determination of viability of myxosporean and actinosporean spores

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Yokoyama, H ^a   Danjo, T ^a   Ogawa, K ^a   Wakabayashi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYXIDA; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANCHIURA SOWERBYI; CULTUS; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOSPOREA;

EID: 0030852840     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.1997.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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