Early host-pathogen interactions in marine bivalves: Evidence that the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus infects through the oyster mantle during rejection of pseudofeces

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-34

  Allam, Bassem ^a   Carden, Wade E ^a,c   Ward, J Evan ^b   Ralph, Gina ^b   Winnicki, Sarah ^a,d   Pales Espinosa, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermo disease; Disease ecology; Particle sorting; Pseudofeces

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MUCUS; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUCUS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84873700431     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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