Azumiobodo hoyamushi gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Euglenozoa, Kinetoplastea, Neobodonida): A pathogenic kinetoplastid causing the soft tunic syndrome in ascidian aquaculture

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Hirose, Euichi ^a   Nozawa, Akino ^b,c   Kumagai, Akira ^d   Kitamura, Shin Ichi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian aquaculture; Azumiobodo; Neobodonida; New kinetoplastid; Pathogenic; Soft tunic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; EDIBLE SPECIES; ELECTRON; FLAGELLATE; INVERTEBRATE; MARICULTURE; NEW GENUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; EUGLENOZOA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; EUGLENOZOA; PHYLOGENY; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; CRUZELLA; DIMASTIGELLA; EUGLENOZOA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; KINETOPLASTIDA; NEOBODONIDA; RHYNCHOBODO;

EID: 84856180843     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02422     Document Type: Article

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