Development of a sensitive assay for the detection of Pseudoloma neurophilia in laboratory populations of the zebrafish Danio rerio

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-156

  Sanders, Justin L ^a   Kent, Michael L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Microsporidia; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; DETECTION METHOD; EXTRACTION METHOD; FUNGUS; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SPORE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FISH DISEASES; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; PSEUDOLOMA NEUROPHILIA;

EID: 79957615570     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02375     Document Type: Article

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