Perkinsus marinus in pleasure oyster Crassostrea corteziensis from Nayarit, Pacific coast of México

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Caceres Martinez J ^a,b   Vasquez Yeomans R ^b   Padilla Lardizabal G ^c   del Rio Portilla M A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Sanidad Acuicola   (Mexico)

^c Comité Estatal de Sanidad Acuícola del Estado de Nayarit CESANAY ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crassostrea corteziensis; Dermo; Mollusk diseases; Perkinsus marinus

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIOGLYCOLATES; TROPHOZOITES;

ANIMALIA; CRASSOSTREA CORTEZIENSIS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PERKINSUS SP.;

EID: 50049120247     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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