Myxobolus koi (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) forms large- and small-type 'cysts' in the gills of common carp

Fish Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Daisuke ^a   Kumamaru, Atsuro ^b   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Pref Freshw Fish Exp S   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common carp; Cyprinus carpio; Myxobolosis; Myxobolus koi; Myxosporean

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPROSMA KAUENSIS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA;

EID: 0038875437     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.32.211     Document Type: Article

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