Immunogen-dependent quantitative and qualitative differences in phagocytic responses of the circulating hemocytes of the lobster Homarus americanus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Mori, Katsuyoshi ^a,b   Stewart, James E ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerococcus viridans (var.) homari; Hemocytes; Homarus americanus; Immunogens; Lobsters; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNIZATION; LOBSTER; PATHOGEN;

AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 33646517726     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao069197     Document Type: Article

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