Comparison of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer sequences among isolates of the intranuclear microsporidian Nucleospora salmonis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-387

  Gresoviac, Stephane J ^a,b   Khattra, Jaswinder S ^c   Nadler, Steven A ^a   Kent, Michael L ^c,e   Devlin, Robert H ^c   Vivares, Christian P ^b   De La Fuente, Eduardo ^d   Hedrick, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d Aquatic Health   (Chile)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterocytozoonidae; ITS 1; Microsporidia; Nucleospora salmonis; Salmonid fish; Ssu rDNA

Indexed keywords

CHILE; DETECTION; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LYMPHOID CELL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ENTEROCYTOZOONIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; NUCLEOSPORA SALMONIS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0033894574     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00064.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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