Chemotactic responses of the fish-parasitic scuticociliate Philasterides dicentrarchi to blood and blood components of the turbot Scophthalmus maximus, evaluated using a new microplate multiassay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-366

  Parama A ^a   Iglesias, R ^a   Alvarez M F ^a   Sanmartin M L ^a   Leiro, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis bioassay; Ciliophora; Philasterides dicentrarchi; Serum; Turbot

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD COMPONENT; CAPILLARY; CELL ASSAY; CILIATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOSIS; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INVASION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPHOZOITE; TURBOT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES;

CILIOPHORA; SCOPHTHALMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 3242795715     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.04.018     Document Type: Article

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