Ultrastructure of Mikrocytos mackini, the cause of Denman Island disease in oysters Crassostrea spp. and Ostrea spp. in British Columbia, Canada

• Main Authors: Hine, P, Bower, S, Meyer, G, Cochennec, Nathalie, Berthe, Franck
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2001
• Subjects: Denman Island disease; Amitochondriate protozoan; Ultrastructure; Crassostrea gigas; Mikrocytos mackini; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-815.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/815/

An ultrastructural study was carried out on Mikrocytos mackini, the cause of Denman Island disease in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas in western Canada. Three forms were identified, quiescent cells (QC), vesicular cells (VC) and endosomal cells (EC), QC occurred in the vesicular connective tissue...