Detection of differential host susceptibility to the marine oomycete pathogen Eurychasma dicksonii by real-time PCR: Not all algae are equal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-328

  Gachon, Claire M M ^a   Strittmatter, Martina ^a   Müller, Dieter G ^b   Kleinteich, Julia ^b   Küpper, Frithjof C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGAE; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS; DISEASE MONITORING; DISEASE RESISTANCES; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURES; GENETIC STRUCTURES; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITIES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; NATURAL POPULATIONS; OOMYCETE PATHOGENS; RAPID DETECTIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; VISUAL SYMPTOMS;

ALGAE CONTROL; COSMIC RAYS; DYNAMICS; PATHOGENS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWEED;

ALGAE;

BROWN ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOST QUALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME; SEAWEED;

ALGAE, BROWN; EUROPE; MICROSCOPY; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ECTOCARPALES; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EURYCHASMA; EURYCHASMA DICKSONII; LAMINARIALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 58149389301     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01885-08     Document Type: Article

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