Branchial rickettsia-like infection associated with clam Venerupis rhomboides mortality

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Villalba, Antonio ^a   Carballal, María J ^a   López, Carmen ^a   Cabada, Azucena ^b   Corral, Laura ^c   Azevedo, Carlos ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

^b Delegacion Comarcal de Riveira   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Parasites; Rickettsia like organisms; Ultrastructure; Venerupis rhomboides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYTOLYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HYPERTROPHY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; SPAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VENERUPIS PULLASTRA;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIVITY; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ENSENADA DE RIVEIRA; GALICIA; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; TAPES RHOMBOIDES; VENERUPIS; VENERUPIS PULLASTRA; VENERUPIS RHOMBOIDES;

EID: 0033561182     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao036053     Document Type: Article

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