Microwell enumeration of viable Saprolegniaceae in water samples

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 478-485

  Thoen, Even ^a   Evensen, Øystein ^b   Skaar, Ida ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Quantification method; Saprolegniaceae; Spores; water

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EUKARYOTE; FRESHWATER; MONITORING; PROPAGULE; SAMPLING; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SAPROLEGNIACEAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FISH DISEASE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SAPROLEGNIA;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FISH DISEASES; SALMO SALAR; SAPROLEGNIA; SPORES, FUNGAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77951916924     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-027     Document Type: Article

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