Tunic morphology and viral surveillance in diseased Korean ascidians: Soft tunic syndrome in the edible ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche), in aquaculture

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Kitamura, S I ^a   Ohtake, S I ^b   Song, J Y ^a   Jung, S J ^c   Oh, M J ^c   Choi, B D ^d   Azumi, K ^e   Hirose, E ^f  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquabirnavirus; Aquaculture; Ascidian; Soft tunic syndrome; Ultrastructure; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CELL LINE; EPIDERMIS; KOREA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; UROCHORDATA; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VIRUSES;

AQUABIRNAVIRUS; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 76049102797     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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