Study of perkinsosis in the carpet shell clam Tapes decussatus in Galicia (NW Spain). I. Identification of the aetiological agent and in vitro modulation of zoosporulation by temperature and salinity

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-65

  Casas, Sandra M ^a   Villalba, Antonio ^a   Reece, Kimberly S ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorine; ITS region; Perkinsus atlanticus; Salinity; SSU rRNA gene; Tapes decussatus; Temperature; Ultrastructure; Zoosporulation

Indexed keywords

ETIOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PARASITIC DISEASE; SALINITY; SPORULATION; TEMPERATURE;

GALICIA; SPAIN;

ATLANTICUS; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS ATLANTICUS; TAPES DECUSSATUS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

CHLORINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICOMPLEXA; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIVALVE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEASONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPAIN; SPORES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037150453     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao050051     Document Type: Article

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