Enteromyxum scophthalmi

• Main Authors: Palenzuela, Oswaldo, Piazzon de Haro, María Carla, Sitjà-Bobadilla, Ariadna
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: 5m Books 2021
• Subjects: Redondo; Turbot
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/267756

Enteromyxum scophthalmi is the causative agent of a parasitic emaciative disease that affects turbot (Scopthalmus maximus), known as sunken-head syndrome or turbot enteromyxosis. This organism is a myxozoan, a group of microscopic endoparasites that resemble protozoans but which are in fact metazoan...