Differential immune response in the hard clam (mercenaria mercenaria) against bacteria and the protistan pathogen QPX (quahog parasite unknown)

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1124-1134

  Perrigault, Mickael ^a   Allam, Bassem ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Comparative immunology; Mercenaria; QPX; Thraustochytrid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; LABYRINTHULIDA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; PROTISTA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 84860386409     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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