Molecular studies on Sphaerospora truttae and other freshwater myxozoans

• Main Author: Holzer, Astrid Sibylle
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2001
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Fishes Parasites; Rona
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21826; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/21826/1/Holzer%27s%20Thesis.pdf

This study investigates the life cycle of Sphaerospora truttae, a myxozoan parasite of the Atlantic salmon, using molecular methods based on the 185 rONA. DNA sequencing showed that the 185 rONA of S. truttae differs substantially from the sequence obtained from its proposed alternate actinosporean...