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Microcell Parasites Of Oysters: Recent Insights And Future Trends, Ryan Carnegie, Nathalie Cochennec-Laureau
Microcell Parasites Of Oysters: Recent Insights And Future Trends, Ryan Carnegie, Nathalie Cochennec-Laureau
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Our understanding of the microcell oyster parasites of the genera Bonamia and Mikrocwos has expanded 111 recent years with the application of ultrastru ctural and espec ially molecular biological research approaches. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of SSU rRNA genes have united three species, Bonamia ostreae, Bonamia exitiosa, and Mikrocytos (now Bonamia) roughleyi, in a microcell clade within the Haplosporidia, supporting both early and recent ultrastructural observations. Ult rastructural and molecular phylogenetic ev idence has emerged that Mikrocytos mackini, on the other hand, is a unique proti st with unusual adaptations for a parasitic existence. DNA probes and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) …