Sporulation of Minchinia sp. (Haplosporida, Haplosporidiidae) in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) from the Republic of Korea |
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| Authors: | FREDERICK G. KERN |
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| Affiliation: | U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center, Pathobiology Investigations, Oxford, Maryland 21654 |
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| Abstract: | 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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| Keywords: | Korean oysters Crassostrea gigas Haplosporida Minchinia spores |
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