Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Philasterides dicentrarchi (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) from farmed turbot in NW Spain

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-564

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Philasterides dicentrarchi; Phylogeny; Scophthalmus maximus; Scuticociliates; Small subunit rRNA; Turbot; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CILIATE; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIVE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPINDLE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; FLATFISHES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PHILASTERIDA; PHILASTERIDES DICENTRARCHI; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA; URONEMA MARINUM;

EID: 33645301057     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009534     Document Type: Article

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