Genetic characterization of members of the genus Contracaecum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from fish-eating birds from west-central Florida, USA, with evidence of new species

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1041-1051

  D'Amelio, S ^a   Barros, N B ^b   Ingrosso, S ^a   Fauquier, D A ^b   Russo, R ^c   Paggi, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracaecum; Florida; Nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA; Pelecanus occidentalis; Phalacrocorax auritus; USA

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTRACAECUM; CONTRACAECUM MICROCEPHALUM; CONTRACAECUM MULTIPAPILLATUM; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLORIDA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROCAINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANISAKIDAE; AVES; CONTRACAECUM; CONTRACAECUM MICROCEPHALUM; CONTRACAECUM MULTIPAPILLATUM; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII; NEMATODA; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 34250624449     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200700251X     Document Type: Article

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