Myosporidium merluccius n. g., n. sp. infecting muscle of commercial hake (Merluccius sp.) from fisheries near Namibia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 476-483

  Baquero, Enrique ^a   Rubio, Manuel ^a   Moura, Iaci N S ^b   Pieniazek, Norman J ^b   Jordana, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Commercial fish parasite; Molecular taxonomy; Myosporidium merluccius n. sp. n. g.; Spore morphology

Indexed keywords

FISH; FISHERY SURVEY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; RNA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MERLUCCIUS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM PROSOPIUM; MICROSPORUM; MYOSPORIDIUM MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GADIFORMES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; GADIFORMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA, UNCLASSIFIED; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33644826836     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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