Multiple strains of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya exist in Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 469-474

  Gunderson, John H ^a   John, Shinu A ^a   Boman II, W Chanson ^a,c   Coats, D Wayne ^b  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolate; Biological control; Blooms; Host specificity; Parasite; PCR; Red tides; rRNA; Small subunit; Syndiniophyceae

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; PARASITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANKTON; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

UNITED STATES;

AKASHIWO SANGUINEA; AMOEBOPHRYA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; KARLODINIUM MICRUM; SCRIPPSIELLA;

EID: 0036863295     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2002.tb00230.x     Document Type: Article

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