Early developmental stages of a protozoan parasite, Marteilioides chungmuensis (Paramyxea), the causative agent of the ovary enlargement disease in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1129-1135

  Itoh, Naoki ^a   Komiyama, Hideki ^b   Ueki, Noriyuki ^b   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Fisheries Experiment Station of Okayama Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Extrasporogony; Marteilioides chungmuensis; Ovarian parasite; Pacific oyster; Paramyxea

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA PROBE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; GILL; MARTEILOIDES CHUNGMUENSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY HYPERTROPHY; OYSTER; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NOSEMA; OSTREIDAE; OVARIAN DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SHELLFISH; SPORES;

CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MARTEILIOIDES CHUNGMUENSIS; OSTREIDAE; PARAMYXEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4544306904     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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