Modulation of the in vitro activity of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) phagocytes by the myxosporean parasite Sphaerospora dicentrarchi (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida)

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 567-581

  Munoz P ^a   Alvarez Pellitero P ^a   Sitja Bobadilla, A ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myxozoa, Sphaerospora dicentrarchi, European sea bass, phagocytes, respiratory burst, phagocytosis, opsonisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BIVALVULIDA; BOVINAE; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; SERRANIDAE; SPHAEROSPORA DICENTRARCHI;

EID: 0034288651     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2000.0272     Document Type: Article

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