title: Isolation and molecular identification of the scuticociliate Porpostoma notata Moebius, 1888 from moribund reared Hippocampus hippocampus (L.) seahorses, by amplification of the SSU rRNA gene sequences.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IIM-CSIC), Vigo, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ofelio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Á
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Roura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pintado
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Planas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
keywords: 18S rRNA; Hippocampus hippocampus seahorses; Porpostoma; aquaculture; scuticociliates