Two multivalvulid myxozoans causing postmortem myoliquefaction: Kudoa megacapsula n. sp. from red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis) and Kudoa thyrsites from splendid alfonso (Beryx splendens)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1132-1137

  Yokoyama, H ^a   Itoh, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BERYX SPLENDENS; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; JAPAN; KUDOA MEGACAPSULA; KUDOA THYRSITES; LIQUEFACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHYRAENA PINGUIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEAFOOD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES;

BERYX SPLENDENS; KUDOA; KUDOA MINITHYRSITES; KUDOA THYRSITES; MULTIVALVULIDA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; PROTOZOA; SPHYRAENA PINGUIS;

EID: 28444487430     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-548R.1     Document Type: Article

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