Ultrastructural evidence of autoinfection in the gills of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua infected with Loma sp. (phylum Microsporidia)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-230

  Rodriguez Tovar, Luis E ^a   Wadowska, Dorota W ^b   Wright, Glenda M ^b   Groman, David B ^b   Speare, David J ^b   Whelan, Darryl S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c Nfld Dept of Fish and Aquaculture   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoinfection; Cod; Everted polar tube; Loma sp.; Microsporidia; Ultrastructure; Xenoma

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH; MEMBRANE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; LOMA; LOMA SP.; MICROSPORIDIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GILL; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GILLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

EID: 1542349268     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao057227     Document Type: Article

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