Molecular characterization of the myxosporean associated with parasitic encephalitis of farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in Ireland

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-233

  Frasca Jr , S ^a   Linfert, D R ^b   Tsongalis, G J ^b   Gorton, T S ^a   Garmendia, A E ^a   Hedrick, R P ^c   West, A B ^d   Van Kruiningen, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; In situ hybridization; Myxobolus cerebralis; Myxosporean; PCR; Small subunit ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

DIDEOXYNUCLEOTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION; DISEASE DETECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; FORMALDEHYDE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTIVITY; IRELAND; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PARAFFIN; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXA SHASTA; HENNEGUYA; HENNEGUYA DOORI; MYXOBOLUS ARCTICUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOBOLUS INSIDIOSUS; MYXOBOLUS NEUROBIUS; MYXOBOLUS SQUAMALIS; MYXOSPOREA; SALMO SALAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0344923758     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao035221     Document Type: Article

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