Conservation in the first internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1) in Hematodinium species infecting crustacean hosts found in the UK and Newfoundland

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-258

  Small, H J ^a,b   Shields, J D ^a   Moss, J A ^a   Reece, K S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation of ITS1; Crustacean hosts; Hematodinium; Parasite

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; RNA;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANCER (CRUSTACEAN); CANCER PAGURUS; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; HEMATODINIUM; HEMATODINIUM SP.; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS;

EID: 34250378810     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao075251     Document Type: Article

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