Genetic signature analysis of Perkinsus marinus in Mexico suggests possible translocation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific coast of Mexico

• Published in: Parasites & Vectors
• Main Authors: Juan Pablo Ek-Huchim, Ma. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo, Monica Améndola-Pimenta, Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez, Juan Antonio Pérez-Vega, Raúl Simá-Alvarez, Isabel Jiménez-García, Roberto Zamora-Bustillos, Rossanna Rodríguez-Canul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Perkinsus marinus; Crassostrea virginica; Gulf of Mexico; Transfer; Mexican Pacific coast; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Collier; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2304-4; https://doaj.org/article/00f872ec0dc14f5e9646756745ef9373

Abstract Background The protozoan Perkinsus marinus (Mackin, Owen & Collier) Levine, 1978 causes perkinsosis in the American oyster Crassostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791. This pathogen is present in cultured C. virginica from the Gulf of Mexico and has been reported recently in Saccostrea palmula (...