Spore ornamentation of Minchinia occulta n. sp. (Haplosporidia) in rock oysters Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1271-1280

  Bearham, D ^a   Spiers, Z ^a   Raidal, S R ^b   Jones, J B ^c   Nicholls, P K ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Haplosporidia; Minchinia; Molecular probes; Parasite; Rock oyster; Saccostrea cuccullata; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONAMIA (HAPLOSPORIDIAN); CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOSPORIDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MINCHINIA OCCULTA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; OYSTER; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; GENES, RRNA; HAPLOSPORIDA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR PROBES; OSTREIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BONAMIA (HAPLOSPORIDA); HAPLOSPORIDIA; HAPLOSPORIDIIDAE; HAPLOSPORIDIUM NELSONI; MINCHINIA; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA CUCCULLATA;

EID: 51949119754     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004897     Document Type: Article

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