Parasitism by a Protozoan in the Hemolymph of the Giant Clam,Tridacna crocea

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Nakayama, Koji ^a   Nishijima, Miyuki ^a   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; hemocyte; Infection; protozoan; Tridacna crocea

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIVALVIA; HEMOLYMPH; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 0032058479     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1997.4747     Document Type: Article

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