Application of a multiplex PCR for the detection of protozoan pathogens of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica in field samples

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-91

  Russell, Spencer ^a   Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^a   Sunila, Inke ^b   French, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Bureau of Aquaculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Eastern oyster; Haplosporidium costale; Haplosporidium nelsoni; Multiplex PCR; Perkinsus marinus; Quality control

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DETECTION METHOD; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; HAPLOSPORIDIUM; HAPLOSPORIDIUM COSTALE; HAPLOSPORIDIUM NELSONI; HAPLOSPORODIUM COSTALE; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTOZOA;

PRIMER DNA; SEA WATER; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIOGLYCOLATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242805328     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao059085     Document Type: Article

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