Molecular diagnostics, field validation, and phylogenetic analysis of Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX), a pathogen of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-247

  Stokes, N A ^a   Ragone Calvo, L M ^a   Reece, K S ^a   Burreson, E M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Hard clams; Molecular techniques; PCR; Probe; QPX

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTIST;

BIVALVIA; LABYRINTHULIDA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MOLLUSCA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM AGGREGATUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM AUREUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM STRIATUM; VENERIDAE;

EID: 0037059215     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao052233     Document Type: Article

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