Molecular characterization and histopathology of myxobolus koi infecting the gills of a koi, Cyprinus carpio, with an amended morphological description of the agent

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-124

  Camus, Alvin C ^a   Griffin, Matt J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

BIVALVE; CYPRINID; DATA ACQUISITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POND; PROTOZOAN; RESPIRATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; METAZOON; MICROSPORE; MYXOBOLUS KOI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

COPROSMA KAUENSIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS LONGISPORUS; MYXOBOLUS SP.; PISCES;

EID: 77950395124     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2113.1     Document Type: Article

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