The life cycle of the oyster pathogen Bonamia ostreae with a presumptive phase in the ovarian tissue of the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis
Van Banning, P. (1990). The life cycle of the oyster pathogen Bonamia ostreae with a presumptive phase in the ovarian tissue of the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis. Aquaculture 84(2): 189-192. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0044-8486(90)90348-Q
In: Aquaculture. Elsevier: Amsterdam; London; New York; Oxford; Tokyo. ISSN 0044-8486; e-ISSN 1873-5622, more
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Cycles > Life cycle
Bonamia ostreae Pichot, Comps, Tigé, Grizel & Rabouin, 1980 [WoRMS]; Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
The protozoan Bonamia ostreae is described as a hemocytic parasite of the oyster Ostrea edulis, and most studies have concentrated on this hemocytic phase of the oyster pathogen. However, despite long-term research, the complete life cycle of B. ostreae remained unsolved and several characteristics of the disease are not understood. Experiments in the Dutch oyster culture have led to a view of the presumptive life cycle, m which an infectious phase might be involved in the ovarian tissue of O. edulis. |
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