Complete small subunit rRNA gene sequence of the scuticociliate Miamiensis avidus pathogenic to olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-162

  Jung, Sung Ju ^a   Kitamura, Shin Ichi ^a   Song, Jun Young ^a   Joung, Il Yong ^a   Oh, Myung Joo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Miamiensis avidus; Olive flounder; Paralichthys olivaceus; Phylogeny; Scuticociliatida; Small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; PHYLOGENY;

COHNILEMBUS VERMINUS; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS HARGISI; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS MARINUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 18844410851     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao064159     Document Type: Article

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