Molecular characterization of five Sarcocystis species in red deer (Cervus elaphus), including Sarcocystis hjorti n. sp., reveals that these species are not intermediate host specific

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 815-840

  Dahlgren, Stina S ^a   Gjerde, Bjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

ITS 1; Red deer; Sarcocystis; Ssu rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROSCOPY; MOOSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS HARDANGERI; SARCOCYSTIS HJORTI; SARCOCYSTIS OVALIS; SARCOCYSTIS RANGIFERI; SARCOCYSTIS TARANDI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 77953615768     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991569     Document Type: Article

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