Widespread infection of the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) by a new species of Amphibiocystidium, a genus of fungus-like mesomycetozoan parasites not previously reported in North America

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-215

  Raffel, T R ^a,b,e   Bommarito, T ^c   Barry, D S ^d   Witiak, S M ^a   Shackelton, L A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SCA 110 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Amphibiothecum; Dermocystida; Dermocystidium; Fungal infection; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOCYSTIDIUM VIRIDESCENS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MESOMYCETOZOEA INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SKIN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIBIOCYSTIDIUM; AMPHIBIOCYSTIDIUM RANAE; ANURA; CHOANOZOA; DERMOCYSTIDA; DERMOCYSTIDIUM; FUNGI; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PROTISTA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 38749151906     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003708     Document Type: Article

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