The occurrence of haplosporidian parasites, Haplosporidium nelsoni and Haplosporidium sp., in oysters in Ireland

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 208-212

  Lynch, S A ^a   Villalba, A ^b   Abollo, E ^c   Engelsma, M ^d   Stokes, N A ^e   Culloty, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

^c Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Haplosporidium armoricanum; Haplosporidium nelsoni; Haplosporidium sp.; Ostrea edulis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HAPLOSPORIDIA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRELAND; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAPLOSPORIDA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IRELAND; OSTREIDAE;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; HAPLOSPORIDIA; HAPLOSPORIDIUM; HAPLOSPORIDIUM NELSONI; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREA EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84872550848     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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