Catching the fish with the worm: a case study on eDNA detection of the monogenean parasite Gyrodactylus salaris and two of its hosts, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Catching the fish with the worm: a case study on eDNA detection of the monogenean parasite Gyrodactylus salaris and two of its hosts, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Abstract Background Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring is growing increasingly popular in aquatic systems as a valuable complementary method to conventional monitoring. However, such tools have not yet been extensively applied for metazoan fish parasite monitoring. The fish ectoparasite Gyrodactylu...

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Main Authors: Johannes C. Rusch, Haakon Hansen, David A. Strand, Turhan Markussen, Sigurd Hytterød, Trude Vrålstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Environmental DNA
Multiplex PCR
Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR)
Internal transcribed spacer (ITS)
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
Invasive species
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2916-3

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