| pcr-based molecular discrimination between maritrema eroliae and probolocoryphe uca (digenea: microphallidae) in kuwait bay. | microphallid trematodes are common parasites in marine snails and crustacean hosts at kuwait bay. the larval stages of two microphallids, maritrema eroliae and probolocoryphe uca, are difficult to differentiate morphologically. in this study, two pcr-based techniques were established for quick and accurate discrimination between the larval stages of the two microphallid species, employing restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) and species-specific primers. both techniques utilized n ... | 2014 | 23290423 |
| ribosomal dna sequence characterization of maritrema cf. eroliae yamaguti, 1939 (digenea: microphallidae) and its life cycle. | the microphallid maritrema eroliae parasitizes shore birds in marine ecosystems while its larval stages infect mud snails and crustacean hosts. because it is difficult to morphologically distinguish between larvae of m. eroliae and other microphallids co-occurring in the same habitat, partial nucleotide sequences of the ribosomal dna (rdna), including the 28s and 18s in addition to complete sequences of its1 and its2, were scrutinized. this analysis was used to establish the snail-crab link in t ... | 2011 | 21787215 |