Detection, isolation, and experimental transmission of Mikrocytos mackini, a microcell parasite of pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-79

  Hervio, Dominique ^a   Bower, Susan M ^a   Meyer, Gary R ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Denman Island disease; Detection; Experimental transmission; Isolation; Mikrocytos mackini

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MIKROCYTOS MACKINI; OSTREIDAE; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OYSTER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; OSTREIDAE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029683096     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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