Halioticida noduliformans infection in eggs of lobster (Homarus gammarus) reveals its generalist parasitic strategy in marine invertebrates

•First record of Halioticida noduliformans in European lobster eggs and gills.•Coinfection with Lagenidium callinectes detected in European lobster eggs.•Phylogenetic analyses confirm ‘Haliphthoros sp. NJM 0034’ is H. noduliformans.•Novel Oomycete-specific 18S rRNA gene PCR primers developed and tes...

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Published in:Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Main Authors: Holt, Corey, Foster, Rachel, Daniels, Carly L., van der Giezen, Mark, Feist, Stephen W., Stentiford, Grant D., Bass, David
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2018
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992330/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29555081
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2018.03.002
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Summary:•First record of Halioticida noduliformans in European lobster eggs and gills.•Coinfection with Lagenidium callinectes detected in European lobster eggs.•Phylogenetic analyses confirm ‘Haliphthoros sp. NJM 0034’ is H. noduliformans.•Novel Oomycete-specific 18S rRNA gene PCR primers developed and tested.•Oomycete-specific primers detect wide diversity in environmental samples.