X-cells in fish pseudotumors are parasitic protozoans

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Miwa, Satoshi ^a   Nakayasu, Chihaya ^a   Kamaishi, Takashi ^a   Yoshiura, Yasutoshi ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Fishes; Hippoglossoides dubius; In situ hybridization; Protozoa; Pseudotumor; X cell

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY;

GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES DUBIUS; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; FLOUNDER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 3042625307     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao058165     Document Type: Article

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