Use of micromanipulation and 'feeder layers' to clone the oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-166

  Bushek, David ^a   Holley, Russell A ^a   Reece, Kimberly S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Culture; Dermo disease; In vitro; Parasite; Protist; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

CELL CLONING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFUSION; MICROMANIPULATION;

OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034070219     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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