Morphological and molecular comparisons of Myxobolus spp. in the nerve tissues of salmonid fishes with the description of Myxobolus murakamii n. Sp., the causative agent of myxosporean sleeping disease

Fish Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-80

  Urawa, Shigehiko ^a,b   Lida, Yoshisuke ^c   Freeman, Mark A ^d   Yanagida, Tetsuya ^e   Karlsbakk, Egil ^f   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^g  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission   (Canada)

^c HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myxobolus murakamii; Myxosporean sleeping disease; Myxozoa; New species; Oncorhynchus masou; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS ARCTICUS; MYXOBOLUS KISUTCHI; MYXOBOLUS NEUROBIUS; MYXOBOLUS SP.; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU ISHIKAWAE; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU MASOU; ONCORHYNCHUS RHODURUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 70049084222     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.44.72     Document Type: Article

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