Molecular detection of prokaryote and protozoan parasites in the commercial bivalve Ruditapes decussatus from southern Portugal

Aquaculture

Volumn 370-371, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-67

  Costa, Pedro M ^a   Carreira, Sara ^a   Lobo, Jorge ^a   Costa, Maria H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Grooved carpet shell clam; Histology; Infectious agents; PCR; Protista

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HISTOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; PROTOZOAN; SHELLFISH; TAXONOMY;

PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; BOVERIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CILIOPHORA; HAPLOSPORIDIA; OCEANOSPIRILLALES; PERKINSUS OLSENI; PERKINSUS SP.; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIALES; RUDITAPES; UNCLASSIFIED HAPLOSPORIDIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 84867804853     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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