Sporulation of a Haplosporidan in a Pacific Oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) in Humboldt Bay, California
A Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) with large numbers of acid-fast spores was collected from Humboldt Bay, California, in August 1969. The spores were tentatively identified as belonging to a haplosporidan of the genus Minchinia. This is the first report of sporulation of a haplosporidan in a Paci...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1970
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f70-154 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f70-154 |
| Summary: | A Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) with large numbers of acid-fast spores was collected from Humboldt Bay, California, in August 1969. The spores were tentatively identified as belonging to a haplosporidan of the genus Minchinia. This is the first report of sporulation of a haplosporidan in a Pacific oyster from the United States. |
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