Table 5. Results by microscopic examination, PCR assays with Kudoa septempunctata in positive samples

Food type	Region	K. septempunctata spore	K. septempunctata detected by PCR		Identity of K. septempunctata
			18S rDNA	28S rDNA	AB731754.1 (%)	AB731755.1 (%)
Sashimi-1	Wando	8.4 × 105 /g	P	P	99.74	100
Sashimi-2	Samcheonpo	8.0 × 104 /g	ND	ND
Sashimi-3	Samcheonpo	9.0 × 105 /g	P	P	99.48	99.72
Sashimi-4	Jeju	6.0 × 105 /g	P	P	98.45	99.45
Sashimi-5	Jeju	2.0 × 104 /g	ND	ND
Sashimi-6	Jeju	1.8 × 105 /g	ND	ND
Sashimi-7	Jeju	5.0 × 105 /g	P	P	98.43	100
Sashimi-8	Jeju	2.0 × 105 /g	ND	ND
Sashimi-9	Jeju	2.0 × 105 /g	ND	ND
Sashimi-10	Jeju	1.0 × 104 /g	ND	ND
Sashimi-11	Jeju	3.4 × 105 /g	P	P	99.74	99.72

PCR, polymerase chain reaction; P, positive; ND, not detected.