Characterization of Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis strains: PCR-RFLP of the internal transcribed spacer region from the amoeba and endosymbiont

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-149

  Caraguel, Charles G B ^a   Donay, Nathanaëlle ^a   Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^b   O'Kelly, Charles J ^c   Cawthorn, Richard J ^a   Greenwood, Spencer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ichthyobodo necator related organism; Internal transcribed spacer; Microheterogeneity; Parasome; PCR RFLP; Strain marker

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; MASS MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN; SALMONID;

ICHTHYOBODO; ICHTHYOBODO NECATOR; INVERTEBRATA; NECATOR; NEOPARAMOEBA PEMAQUIDENSIS; SALMO SALAR;

PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCODINA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; LOBOSEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SALMO SALAR; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35448952211     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao076141     Document Type: Article

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