We have developed a web-based tool for design of specific PCR primers and probes. The...

We present a series of statistical solutions to challenges that commonly arise in the production...

Myrionecta rubra (Lohmann 1908, Jankowski 1976) is a photosynthetic ciliate with a global distribution in...

Serial transfer of plastids from one eukaryotic host to another is the key process involved...

The three anomalously pigmented dinoflagellates Gymnodinium galatheanum, Gyrodinium aureolum, and Gymnodinium breve have plastids possessing...

Here we present the development and first validation of a TaqMan minor groove binder (MGB)...

Raphidophytes have been associated with fish kill events in Japanese, European and U.S. coastal waters,...

We have developed multiple polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods for the detection of Pfiesteria sp....

Nuclear and chloroplast-encoded small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences were obtained from several strains of the...

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Pfiesteria complex species are heterotrophic and mixotrophic dinoflagellates that have been recognized as harmful algal...

We have designed resequencing microarrays to test the performance of this platform when interrogating a...

The sensitivity of conventional DNA sequencing in tumor biopsies is limited by stromal contamination and...

The complete sequencing of the human genome and the development of molecularly targeted cancer therapy...

Complete small subunit ribosomal RNA, internal transcribed spacer 1 and 2, 5.8S, and partial large...

Observations following the discovery of Kryptoperidinium foliaceum blooms in South Carolina (SC), USA, suggest that...

Maximum growth rate and toxin content were significantly different among five strains of Karenia brevis...

Several dinoflagellate strains of the genus Pfiesteria were isolated by culturing techniques from sediment samples...

The newly described heterotrophic estuarine dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida has been linked with fish kills in...

Seven bacterial isolates from farmed Atlantic cod displaying chronic granulomatous disease were characterized by phenotypic...

The agents driving the divergence and speciation of freeliving microbial populations are still largely unknown....

Species within the class Raphidophyceae were associated with fish kill events in Japanese, European, Canadian,...

Eight novel pfiesteria-similar dinoflagellates are described that form a genetically well-defined group with distinct morphological...

Myrionecta rubra and Mesodinium pulex are among the most commonly encountered planktonic ciliates in coastal...

Dinoflagellates can be classified both botanically and zoologically; however, they are typically put in the...

We have developed a method for genomic representation using Type IIB restriction endonucleases. Representation by...

The application of gene technology is becoming widespread much thanks to the rapid increase in...

Several techniques have been developed for detection and quantification of genetically modified organisms, but quantitative...

Background

When generating a genetically modified organism (GMO), the primary goal is to give a...

The predominant approach for quantification of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is the application of quantitative...

Background

Due to the increased use of genetic modifications in crop improvement, there is a...

We have tested and compared the performance of 12 different assays representing four different real-time...

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Background

Cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) is a severe disease affecting large farmed Atlantic salmon. Mortality often...

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) mariculture has been associated with epidemics of infectious diseases that...