QPX, a pathogen of quahogs (hard clams), employs mucoid secretions to resist host antimicrobial agents

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 205-208

  Anderson, Robert S ^a   Kraus, Brenda S ^a   Mcgladdery, Sharon ^b   Smolowitz, Roxanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clam diseases; Mercenaria mercenaria; Quahog parasite unknown (QPX); Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTIST; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; PROTISTA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE; VENERIDAE;

EID: 0042627975     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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