| systemic iridovirus infection in the banggai cardinalfish (pterapogon kauderni koumans 1933). | iridoviruses infect food and ornamental fish species from a wide range of freshwater to marine habitats across the globe. the objective of the current study was to characterize an iridovirus causing systemic infection of wild-caught pterapogon kauderni koumans 1933 (banggai cardinalfish). freshly frozen and fixed specimens were processed for histopathologic evaluation, transmission electron microscopic examination, virus culture, molecular virologic testing, microbiology, and in situ hybridizati ... | 2009 | 19407082 |