The marine pathogenic genotype of Spironucleus barkhanus from farmed salmonids redescribed as Spironucleus salmonicida n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 531-541

  Jørgensen, Anders ^a   Sterud, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

tubulin; Aquaculture; Diplomonadida; Fish disease; gdh 1; Hexamitidae; Parasitic flagellates; Phylogeny; Species description; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

CONSPECIFIC; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEW SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGEN; SALMONID CULTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; FLAGELLATE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SALMONID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DIPLOMONADIDA; FISH DISEASES; GENOTYPE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SALMONIDAE;

DIPLOMONADIDA; GIARDIA; HEXAMITIDAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SPIRONUCLEUS; SPIRONUCLEUS BARKHANUS;

EID: 33751384322     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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