First record of Perkinsus olseni, a protozoan parasite infecting the commercial clam Ruditapes decussatus in Spanish Mediterranean waters

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-53

  Elandaloussi, Laurence M ^a   Carrasco, Noèlia ^a   Roque, Ana ^a   Andree, Karl ^a   Dolores Furones, M ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpet shell clam; FTM; Histology; In situ hybridisation; PCR; Perkinsus olseni; Protozoan parasite; Ruditapes decussatus; Spain

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARASITES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS OLSENI; PERKINSUS SP.; PROTOZOA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 57549087598     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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