Miamiensis avidus (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida) causes systemic infection of olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus and is a senior synonym of Philasterides dicentrarchi

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Jung, Sung Ju ^a   Kitamura, Shin Ichi ^a   Song, Jun Young ^a   Oh, Myung Joo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Miamiensis avidus; Olive flounder; Pathogenicity; Philasterides dicentrarchi; Scuticociliatida

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLATFISH; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOGENICITY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PHILASTERIDES DICENTRARCHI; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIATE INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; FLOUNDER; GILL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; GILLS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847034826     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao073227     Document Type: Article

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