Ichthyophonus irregularis sp. nov. from the yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea from the Nova Scotia shelf

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Rand, Thomas G ^a   White, Kelly ^a   Cannone, Jamie J ^b   Gutell, Robin R ^b   Murphy, Colleen A ^c   Ragan, Mark A ^c,d  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ichthyophonales; Ichthyophoniasis; Ichthyophonus hoferi; Limanda ferruginea; Phylogeny; Ssu rDNA

Indexed keywords

CANADA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITIC INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; EUKARYOTA; ICHTHYOPHONUS HOFERI; ICHTHYOPHONUS IRREGULARIS; LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PROTISTA;

EID: 0034713402     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao041031     Document Type: Article

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