Myxosoma cerebralis: A method for staining spores and other stages with silver nitrate
Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
By: K. Wolf and M.E. Markiw
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Abstract
Eleven dye substances were tested for their ability to stain Myxosoma cerebralis and to be retained through either the pepsin-trypsin-dextrose or the plankton centrifuge method of releasing and concentrating spores. Silver nitrate proved to be the best; it produced a distinctive brown color that has been retained by spores through 2.5 yr of storage. The method has applications in histologic studies of whirling disease, in quantifying the efficiency of spore detection procedures, and in teaching.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Myxosoma cerebralis: A method for staining spores and other stages with silver nitrate |
| Series title | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
| DOI | 10.1139/f79-013 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Canadian Science Publishing |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 88 |
| Last page | 89 |