Ultrastructure and molecular diagnosis of Spironucleus salmonis (Diplomonadida) from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Germany

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Fard, M Reza Saghari ^a,b   Jørgensen, Anders ^c   Sterud, Erik ^c,d   Bleiss, Wilfrid ^b   Poynton, Sarah L ^a,e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d Standards Norway   (Norway)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diplomonad; Flagellate; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; Sequence; Spironucleus salmonis; ssu rDNA; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ISOLATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SALMONID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

DIPLOMONADIDA; HEXAMITA SALMONIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; SPIRONUCLEUS SALMONIS;

EID: 34248340896     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao075037     Document Type: Article

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