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Michael L. Kent is a researcher affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of immunology and microbiology, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Subfields of particular emphasis include immunology, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, molecular biology, and cancer research.

The main topics of their research encompass aquaculture disease management and microbiota, fish ecology and management studies, parasite biology and host interactions, myxozoan parasites in aquatic species, zebrafish biomedical research applications, gut microbiota and health, as well as parasitic infections and diagnostics.

The researcher has contributed scholarly articles to a variety of scientific venues, with frequent publications found in the following journals and proceedings:

  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Zebrafish
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Current Opinion in Microbiology

Frequent collaborators include Justin L. Sanders, James T. Peterson, Thomas J. Sharpton, Katrina N. Murray, and Claire E. Couch.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael L. Kent illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Review of diseases and health management in zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton 1822) in research facilities, 2020, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Unravelling the diversity of the Crassiphialinae (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with molecular phylogeny and descriptions of five new species, 2021, Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
  • Detection of the parasitic nematode, Pseudocapillaria tomentosa, in zebrafish tissues and environmental DNA in research aquaria, 2020, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Laboratory infection rates and associated mortality of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from parasitic copepod (Salmincola californiensis), 2021, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Specific Pathogen Free - A review of strategies in agriculture, aquaculture, and laboratory mammals and how they inform new recommendations for laboratory zebrafish, 2021, Research in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • Infectious Diseases Affect Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics

    Kevin D. Lafferty;C. Drew Harvell;Jonathan M. Conrad;Carolyn S. Friedman

  • Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of the Myxozoa

    Michael L. Kent;Karl B. Andree;Jerri L. Bartholomew;Mansour El-Matbouli

  • The State of the Art of the Zebrafish Model for Toxicology and Toxicologic Pathology Research—Advantages and Current Limitations:

    Jan M. Spitsbergen;Michael L. Kent

  • American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Nutrition Screening and Therapy Within a Surgical Enhanced Recovery Pathway.

    Paul E Wischmeyer;Franco Carli;David C Evans;Sarah Guilbert

  • Biodiversity: disease threat to European fish.

    Rodolphe E. Gozlan;Sophie St-Hilaire;Stephen W. Feist;Paul Martin

  • Microsporidia – Emergent Pathogens in the Global Food Chain

    G.D. Stentiford;J.J. Becnel;L.M. Weiss;P.J. Keeling

  • Whole-body cortisol is an indicator of crowding stress in adult zebrafish, Danio rerio

    Jennifer M. Ramsay;Grant W. Feist;Zoltán M. Varga;Monte Westerfield

  • A review of the myxosporean genus Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947, and its impact on the international aquaculture industry and commercial fisheries

    J.D.W Moran;D.J Whitaker;M.L Kent

  • Whole-body cortisol response of zebrafish to acute net handling stress

    Jennifer M. Ramsay;Grant W. Feist;Zoltán M. Varga;Monte Westerfield

  • Chemical and biological evidence links microcystins to salmon ‘netpen liver disease’

    Raymond J. Andersen;Hue A. Luu;Dawn Z.X. Chen;Charles F.B. Holmes

  • First report of three Kudoa species from eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus).

    Christopher M Whipps;Robert D Adlard;Mal S Bryant;Robert J G Lester

  • Phylogeny of the multivalvulidae (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) based on comparative ribosomal DNA sequence analysis.

    C. M. Whipps;G. Grossel;R. D. Adlard;H. Yokoyama

  • Phylogeography of the cosmopolitan marine parasite Kudoa thyrsites (Myxozoa: Myxosporea).

    Christopher M. Whipps;Michael L. Kent

  • Nonlesions, misdiagnoses, missed diagnoses, and other interpretive challenges in fish histopathology studies: a guide for investigators, authors, reviewers, and readers.

    Jeffrey C. Wolf;Wes A. Baumgartner;Vicki S. Blazer;Alvin C. Camus

  • The ACTTION–APS–AAPM Pain Taxonomy (AAAPT) Multidimensional Approach to Classifying Acute Pain Conditions

    Michael L Kent;Patrick J Tighe;Inna Belfer;Timothy J Brennan

  • A review of mycobacteriosis in marine fish

    J M Jacobs;C B Stine;A M Baya;M L Kent

  • TETRACAPSULA RENICOLA N. SP. (MYXOZOA:SACCOSPORIDAE); THE PKX MYXOZOAN—THE CAUSE OF PROLIFERATIVE KIDNEY DISEASE OF SALMONID FISHES

    M. L. Kent;J. Khattra;Ronald Hedrick;R. H. Devlin

  • Survey of salmonid pathogens in ocean-caught fishes in British Columbia, Canada.

    M. L. Kent;G. S. Traxler;D. Kieser;J. Richard

  • Molecular and morphological analysis of Myxobolus spp. of salmonid fishes with the description of a new Myxobolus species.

    Jayde A. Ferguson;Stephen D. Atkinson;Christopher M. Whipps;Michael L. Kent

  • Evidence for a Covalently Bound Form of Microcystin-LR in Salmon Liver and Dungeness Crab Larvae

    David E. Williams;Marcia Craig;Sheila C. Dawe;Michael L. Kent

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Whipps
Christopher M. Whipps SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Carl B. Schreck
Carl B. Schreck Oregon State University
Andrew D. Shaw
Andrew D. Shaw University of Alberta
Karen Guillemin
Karen Guillemin University of Oregon
Louis M. Weiss
Louis M. Weiss Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Christopher L. Wu
Christopher L. Wu Cornell University
Michael P. W. Grocott
Michael P. W. Grocott University of Southampton
Luiz E. Bermudez
Luiz E. Bermudez Oregon State University
Tong J. Gan
Tong J. Gan Stony Brook University
Sean Mackey
Sean Mackey Stanford University

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