The occurrence and ape-to-ape transmission of the entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Modrý, David ^a,b   Petrželková, Klára J ^c,d   Pomajbíková, Kateřina ^a   Tokiwa, Toshihiro ^e   Křížek, Jaroslav ^a   Imai, Soichi ^e   Vallo, Peter ^c   Profousová, Ilona ^a,c   Šlapeta, Jan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^e NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Gorilla gorilla; Molecular phylogeny; Pan troglodytes; Zoo

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CILIATE; DNA; FECES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RNA; ZOO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CILIATE INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; GORILLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; GORILLA GORILLA; GREAT BRITAIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIOMORPHIDA; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTELLA;

EID: 61849091568     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00369.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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