Detection of the kinetoplastid azumiobodo hoyamushi, the causative agent of soft tunic syndrome, in wild ascidians halocynthia roretzi

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-271

  Kumagai, Akira ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Ryo ^b  

^a Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azumiobodo hoyamushi; Halocynthia roretzi; Soft tunic syndrome; Wild ascidian

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; PATHOGEN; REARING; WILD POPULATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84887605705     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02653     Document Type: Article

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