Epitheliocystis hyperinfection in captive spotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari associated with a novel Chlamydiales 16S rDNA signature sequence

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-21

  Camus, Alvin ^a   Soto, Esteban ^b   Berliner, Aimee ^c   Clauss, Tonya ^c   Sanchez, Susan ^d  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b Ross University   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^c Georgia Aquarium Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Piscichlamydia salmonis'; Diagnosis; Elasmobranch; Epithelium; Hypertrophy; Immunohistology; Lesion

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; LESION; MORPHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKATES (FISH);

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIALES; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKATES (FISH); SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84877616237     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02586     Document Type: Article

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