Neoparamoeba branchiphila n. sp., and related species of the genus Neoparamoeba Page, 1987: Morphological and molecular characterization of selected strains

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Dykova I ^a,b   Nowak, B F ^c   Crosbie, P B B ^c   Fiala, I ^a,b   Peckova H ^a   Adams, M B ^c   Machackova B ^a   Dvorakova H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Diagnostic primers; Morphology; Neoparamoeba branchiphila n. sp.; Neoparamoeba spp.; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GILL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SARCODINA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GILLS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOBOSEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SALMO SALAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEOPARAMOEBA; NEOPARAMOEBA AESTUARINA; NEOPARAMOEBA PEMAQUIDENSIS; SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 13244267457     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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