Epitheliocystis agents in sea bream Sparus aurata: Morphological evidence for two distinct chlamydia-like developmental cycles

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-72

  Crespo, S ^a   Zarza, C ^a   Padros F ^a   Marin De Mateo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlamydial organisms; Epitheliocystis infection; Gill pathology; Light and electron microscopy; Sea bream

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE DETECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SPARUS AURATA;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PROKARYOTA; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 0033597536     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao037061     Document Type: Article

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