Sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Loma salmonae (Microsporea)

Disease of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-48

  Docker, Margaret F ^a   Devlin, Robert H ^a   Richard, Jon ^b   Khattra, Jaswinder ^a   Kent, Michael L ^b  

^a Fisheries and Oceans Canada   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loma salmonae; Microsporidia; Polymerase chain reaction; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOMA SALMONAE; MICROSPORIDIA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCES;

EID: 0030926940     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao029041     Document Type: Article

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