Zoosporulation of a new Perkinsus species isolated from the gills of the softshell clam Mya arenaria

Parasite

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-122

  Mclaughlin, S M ^a   Tall, B D ^b   Shaheen, A ^c,d   Elsayed, E E ^c,e   Faisal, Mohamed ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Benha University   (Egypt)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Perkinsus spp.; Softshell clam (Mya arenaria); Ultrastructure; Zoospores; Zoosporulation

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CONOIDEA; MYA ARENARIA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS SP.;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GILL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIVALVIA; GILLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES;

EID: 0034201787     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2000072115     Document Type: Article

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