Description of Perkinsus beihaiensis n. sp., a new Perkinsus sp. parasite in oysters of southern China

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-130

  Moss, Jessica A ^a   Xiao, Jie ^a   Dungan, Christopher F ^b   Reece, Kimberly S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Crassostrea ariakensis; Crassostrea hongkongensis; ISH; Parasite; PCR; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIVALVE; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OYSTER; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTREIDAE; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA ARIAKENSIS; CRASSOSTREA HONGKONGENSIS; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS SP.;

EID: 40349090021     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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