First report of three Kudoa species from eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Whipps, Christopher M ^a   Adlard, Robert D ^b   Bryant, Mal S ^b   Lester, Robert J G ^c   Findlay, Vanessa ^c   Kent, Michael L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Multivalvulida; Myxozoa; Phylogeny; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISH; NEW RECORD; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; KUDOA; KUDOA AMAMIENSIS; KUDOA MINITHYRSITES; KUDOA THYRSITES; MULTIVALVULIDA; MYXOZOA; PEMPHERIS; PROTOZOA; THYRSITES;

EID: 0038128569     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00120.x     Document Type: Article

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