New species of Myxosporea from frogs and resurrection of the genus Cystodiscus Lutz, 1889 for species with myxospores in gallbladders of amphibians

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 478-496

  Hartigan, Ashlie ^a   Fiala, Ivan ^b   Dyková, Iva ^b   Rose, Karrie ^c   Phalen, David N ^a   Šlapeta, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

amphibians; brain; Cystodiscus australis; Cystodiscus axonis; disease; frogs; liver; Myxidium; Myxosporea; new species; phylogeny; tadpoles

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; CYSTODISCUS AUSTRALIS; CYSTODISCUS AXONIS; FROG; GALLBLADDER; LIVER; MYXOZOA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BILE DUCTS; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GALLBLADDER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; MYOBATRACHIDAE; MYXIDIUM; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA;

EID: 84858629426     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002149     Document Type: Article

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