Application of a real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify the myxozoan parasite Ceratomyxa shasta in river water samples

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-118

  Hallett, Sascha L ^a   Bartholomew, Jerri L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratomyxa shasta; Klamath River; Myxozoa; Parasite quantification; PCR; QPCR; Real time PCR; River water; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; INHIBITION; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RIVER WATER;

CALIFORNIA; KLAMATH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CERATOMYXA SHASTA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33747824200     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao071109     Document Type: Article

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