Sporulation of Minchinia sp. (Haplosporida, Haplosporidiidae) in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) from the Republic of Korea
SYNOPSIS. A haplosporidan parasite belonging to the genus Minchinia was found in 4 of 1,438 oysters, Crassostrea gigas , collected from the Republic of Korea. Multinucleated vegetative stages were present in the infected oysters. Spores found in one of these oysters were acid‐fast and had operculate...
| Published in: | The Journal of Protozoology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1976.tb03826.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1550-7408.1976.tb03826.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1976.tb03826.x |
| Summary: | SYNOPSIS. A haplosporidan parasite belonging to the genus Minchinia was found in 4 of 1,438 oysters, Crassostrea gigas , collected from the Republic of Korea. Multinucleated vegetative stages were present in the infected oysters. Spores found in one of these oysters were acid‐fast and had operculate characteristics of the genus Minchinia . |
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