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SUBMITTER: Hartikainen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3869015 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hartikainen Hanna H Ashford Oliver S OS Berney Cédric C Okamura Beth B Feist Stephen W SW Baker-Austin Craig C Stentiford Grant D GD Bass David D
The ISME journal 20130822 1
Haplosporidians are rhizarian parasites of mostly marine invertebrates. They include the causative agents of diseases of commercially important molluscs, including MSX disease in oysters. Despite their importance for food security, their diversity and distributions are poorly known. We used a combination of group-specific PCR primers to probe environmental DNA samples from planktonic and benthic environments in Europe, South Africa and Panama. This revealed several highly distinct novel clades, ...[more]