Development of polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of the kinetoplastid Azumiobodo hoyamushi, the causative agent for soft tunic syndrome in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

Fish Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 42-47

  Kumagai, Akira ^a   Kamaishi, Takashi ^b  

^a Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian aquaculture; Azumiobodo hoyamushi; Halocynthia roretzi; PCR; Soft tunic syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880906791     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: 18817335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.48.42     Document Type: Article

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