| morphological and molecular confirmation of myxobolus cerebralis myxospores infecting wild‑caught and cultured trout in north carolina (se usa). | we used microscopy and molecular biology to provide the first documentation of infections of myxobolus cerebralis (myxozoa: myxobolidae), the etiological agent of whirling disease, in trout (salmonidae) from north carolina (usa) river basins. a total of 1085 rainbow trout oncorhynchus mykiss, 696 brown trout salmo trutta, and 319 brook trout salvelinus fontinalis from 43 localities across 9 river basins were screened. myxospores were observed microscopically in pepsin-trypsin digested heads of r ... | 2017 | 29160217 |