Small subunit ribosomal DNA characterization of an unidentified aurantiactinomyxon form and its oligochaete host Tubifex ignotus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-241

  Negredo, C ^a   Dillane, E ^a   Mulcahy, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

18S rDNA sequences; Aurantiactinomyxon; Phylogenetic analysis; Tubifex ignotus

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS;

ACTINOMYXIDA; ANNELIDA; AURANTIACTINOMYXON; INVERTEBRATA; MYXIDIUM LIEBERKUEHNI; MYXOSPOREA; PROTOZOA; SPHAEROSPORA ONCORHYNCHI; TETRASPORA DISCOIDEA; TRIACTINOMYXON; TRIACTINOMYXON SP.; TRIACTINOMYXON TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX IGNOTUS; TUBIFICIDAE; VARIISPORINA;

EID: 0038582292     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao054229     Document Type: Article

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