A nested polymerase chain reaction for the detection of genomic DNA of Myxobolus cerebralis in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-154

  Andree, Karl B ^a   MacConnell, Elizabeth ^b   Hedrick, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOZEMAN FISH TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Myxobolus cerebralis; Polymerase chain reaction; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; MYXOBOLUS ARCTICUS; MYXOBOLUS INSIDIOSUS; MYXOBOLUS NEUROBIUS; MYXOBOLUS SQUAMALIS; NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION; PEPSIN A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SPORE; TRYPSIN; WHIRLING DISEASE;

DETECTION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0032497578     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao034145     Document Type: Article

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