Molecular identification and transmission studies of X-cell parasites from Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (Gadiformes: Gadidae) and the northern black flounder Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae).
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
The inability to successfully transmit both parasites in this study suggests that either host detachment combined with a period of independent development or an alternate host is required to complete the life cycle for X-cell parasites. Phylogenetic analyses of SSU rDNA confirm a monophyletic grouping for all sequenced X-cell parasites, but do not robustly support their placement within any established protist phylum. Analysis of SSU rDNA from X-cells in Japanese flatfish reveals that the same parasite can infect more than one species of fish.
Keywords
Molecular identification
Publication Title
Parasites & Vectors
Volume
4
Issue
1
Publisher
BMC
Additional Information
Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences & Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya
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