Molecular detection of the oyster parasite Mikrocytos mackini, and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis

• Published in: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
• Main Authors: Carnegie, Ryan, Meyer, Gary, Blackbourn, Janice, Cochennec, Nathalie, Berthe, Franck, Bower, Susan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2003
• Subjects: Fluorescent in situ hybridization; PCR validation; Mikrocytos mackini; Denman Island disease; British Columbia; Canada; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2003/publication-2814.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3354/dao054219; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2814/

The protistan parasite Mikrocytos mackini, the causative agent of Denman Island disease in the oyster Crassostrea gigas in British Columbia, Canada, is of wide concern because it can infect other oyster species and because its life cycle, mode of transmission, and origins are unknown. PCR and fluore...