Novel Chlamydiales associated with epitheliocystis in a leopard shark triakis semifasciata

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Polkinghorne, A ^a,d   Schmidt Posthaus, H ^b   Meijer, A ^c   Lehner, A ^a   Vaughan, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Chlamydia; Epitheliocystis; Gill pathology; Leopard shark; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; SHARK; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIACEAE; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GILL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SHARK; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIALES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; PHYLOGENY; SHARKS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIALES; NEGIBACTERIA; TELEOSTEI; TRIAKIS; TRIAKIS SEMIFASCIATA;

EID: 77957352792     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02255     Document Type: Article

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