Morphological and molecular redescription of the myxozoan Unicapsula pflugfelderi Schubert, Sprague & Reinboth 1975 from two teleost hosts in the Mediterranean. A review of the genus Unicapsula Davis 1924

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-350

  Alama Bermejo, G ^a   Cuadrado, M ^b,c   Raga, J A ^a   Holzer, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emended diagnosis; Lithognathus mormyrus; Spicara smaris; Ultrastructure; Unicapsula

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA BREAM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA GYRASE; FISH DISEASES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEA BREAM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LITHOGNATHUS MORMYRUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; SPICARA SMARIS; TELEOSTEI; UNICAPSULA;

EID: 63149102696     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.01000.x     Document Type: Review

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