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Mirella da Silva P, Ramos Queiroga F, Dantas Farias N, Tubino Vianna R, Costa Sabry R. Perkinsus spp. Occurrence in South America: A review. J Invertebr Pathol 2024; 204:108108. [PMID: 38621519 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Marine mollusk production is increasing worldwide, and this trend is being evidenced in South American countries, where several species of bivalves are produced, exploited, and traded. This activity brings benefits either for the ecosystem, as it is a less impactful and polluting than other aquaculture practices, and to coastal human communities, as it provides food and income. However, emergence of outbreaks by pathogens is a major concern and can put an entire developing sector at risk. Perkinsosis is a disease caused by Perkinsus spp. protozoans that affect mollusks worldwide. In this review we provide information on Perkinsus spp. among bivalves from South America. Infections by these parasites were only reported to date among coastal Atlantic bivalves of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. The vast majority of cases and studies are reported from Brazil. We comprehensively review those results here. Finally, we suggest some considerations for future investigations that may expand our knowledge of these parasites.
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Affiliation(s)
- Patricia Mirella da Silva
- Laboratório de Imunologia e Patologia de Invertebrados (LABIPI), Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR - UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IFREMER), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), 29280 Plouzané, France.
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- Laboratório de Imunologia e Patologia de Invertebrados (LABIPI), Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Parasitologia de Organismos Aquáticos (LABIPOA), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Rio Grande (FURG), 96203-900, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE), 62800-000, Aracati, Ceará, Brazil.
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Freire JMS, Farias ND, Hégaret H, da Silva PM. Morphological and functional characterization of the oyster Crassostrea gasar circulating hemocytes: Cell types and phagocytosis activity. FISH AND SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 4:100089. [PMID: 36941832 PMCID: PMC10023951 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsirep.2023.100089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Hemocytes are the circulating cells of the hemolymph of oysters and are responsible for numerous physiological functions, including immune defense. The oyster Crassostrea gasar is a native species inhabiting mangrove habitat and is of great commercial interest, cultured throughout the Brazilian coast, mainly in the north and northeast. Despite its commercial importance, little is known about its immunological aspects and defense cells, the hemocytes. This work aimed to morphologically characterize hemocytes of the oyster C. gasar and to study one of the main cellular defense response, phagocytosis, using light microscopy and flow cytometry. The results showed the presence of six hemocyte populations in C. gasar hemolymph. These comprise of large and small granulocytes, large and small hyalinocytes, blast-like cells and a rare type classified as vesicular or serous hemocytes. Hyalinocytes were highly abundant and the most heterogeneous cell population, while small granulocytes, along with vesicular hemocytes were the less abundant population. Hemocytes of C. gasar oysters demonstrated capabilities to phagocytose three different types of particles tested: zymosan A, latex particles and Escherichia coli, indicating a broad defense capacity. The zymosan A were the most engulfed particles, followed by beads, mainly phagocytized by granulocytes, the most phagocytic cells, and finally E. coli, which were the least phagocytized. This study is the first characterization of C. gasar oyster hemocytes and will support future studies that aim to understand the participation of different hemocyte types in defense responses against pathogens and/or environmental changes.
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- Jesarela Merabe Silva Freire
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – Campus I, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – Campus I, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin LEMAR-UMR6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Place Copernic, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – Campus I, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
- Corresponding author.
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Nielsen SS, Alvarez J, Bicout D, Calistri P, Canali E, Drewe JA, Garin‐Bastuji B, Gonzales Rojas JL, Smith CG, Herskin M, Michel V, Miranda Chueca MA, Padalino B, Roberts H, Spoolder H, Ståhl K, Velarde A, Viltrop A, Winckler C, Arzul I, Dharmaveer S, Olesen NJ, Schiøtt M, Sindre H, Stone D, Vendramin N, Antoniou S, Dhollander S, Karagianni AE, Kero LL, Gnocchi M, Aznar I, Barizzone F, Munoz Guajardo IP, Roberts H. Species which may act as vectors or reservoirs of diseases covered by the Animal Health Law: Listed pathogens of molluscs. EFSA J 2023; 21:e08173. [PMID: 37533748 PMCID: PMC10392592 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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Vector or reservoir species of five mollusc diseases listed in the Animal Health Law were identified, based on evidence generated through an extensive literature review, to support a possible updating of Regulation (EU) 2018/1882. Mollusc species on or in which Mikrocytos mackini, Perkinsus marinus, Bonamia exitiosa, Bonamia ostreae and Marteilia refringens were detected, in the field or during experiments, were classified as reservoir species with different levels of certainty depending on the diagnostic tests used. Where experimental evidence indicated transmission of the pathogen from a studied species to another known susceptible species, this studied species was classified as a vector species. Although the quantification of the risk of spread of the pathogens by the vectors or reservoir species was not part of the terms of reference, such risks do exist for the vector species, since transmission from infected vector species to susceptible species was proven. Where evidence for transmission from infected molluscs was not found, these were defined as reservoir. Nonetheless, the risk of the spread of the pathogens from infected reservoir species cannot be excluded. Evidence identifying conditions that may prevent transmission by vectors or reservoir mollusc species during transport was collected from scientific literature. It was concluded that it is very likely to almost certain (90-100%) that M. mackini, P. marinus, B. exitiosa B. ostreae and M. refringens will remain infective at any possible transport condition. Therefore, vector or reservoir species that may have been exposed to these pathogens in an affected area in the wild or at aquaculture establishments or through contaminated water supply can possibly transmit these pathogens. For transmission of M. refringens, the presence of an intermediate host, a copepod, is necessary.
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Souza da Rocha C, Costa Sabry R, dos Santos Rocha R, Maggioni R, Vinicius Silva de Araújo B, Julia dos Santos Silva R, Marcelo Azevedo de Paula Antunes J. First record of Perkinsus marinus infecting Crassostrea sp. in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, using real-time PCR. J Invertebr Pathol 2023; 198:107917. [PMID: 37004916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2023.107917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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A pathogen with high virulence potential in some host species, Perkinsus marinus remains a challenge for the ecological integrity of marine ecosystems and the health of bivalve molluscs. This study investigates the occurrence of P. marinus in Crassostrea sp. in estuaries of the Potengi River and the Guaraíras lagoon in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. A total of 203 oyster samples that tested positive for Perkinsus sp. in Ray's fluid thioglycollate medium (RFTM) were subjected to species-specific quantitiative PCR, where 61 animals (30.05%) presented amplification graphs with a melting temperature of 80.1 ± 0.6°C matching the positive control. This was the first record of P. marinus in oysters in these estuaries using qPCR as a diagnostic tool.
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Murphy C, Fernández Robledo JA, van Walsum GP. Perkinsus marinus in bioreactor: growth and a cost-reduced growth medium. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 50:kuad023. [PMID: 37669897 PMCID: PMC10500546 DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuad023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Perkinsus marinus (Perkinsea) is an osmotrophic facultative intracellular marine protozoan responsible for "Dermo" disease in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. In 1993 in vitro culture of P. marinus was developed in the absence of host cells. Compared to most intracellular protozoan parasites, the availability of P. marinus to grow in the absence of host cells has provided the basis to explore its use as a heterologous expression system. As the genetic toolbox is becoming available, there is also the need for larger-scale cultivation and lower-cost media formulations. Here, we took an industrial approach to scaled-up growth from a small culture flask to bioreactors, which required developing new cultivation parameters, including aeration, mixing, pH, temperature control, and media formulation. Our approach also enabled more real-time data collection on growth. The bioreactor cultivation method showed similar or accelerated growth rates of P. marinus compared to culture in T-flasks. Redox measurements indicated sufficient oxygen availability throughout the cultivation. Replacing fetal bovine serum with chicken serum showed no differences in the growth rate and a 60% reduction in the medium cost. This study opens the door to furthering P. marinus as a valid heterologous expression system by showing the ability to grow in bioreactors. ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY Perkinsus marinus, a microbial parasite of oysters that could be useful for developing vaccines for humans, has been shown to grow well in laboratory equipment that can be expanded to commercial scale using a less expensive growth formula than usual laboratory practice.
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- Caitlin Murphy
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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Mello DF, Bergemann CM, Fisher K, Chitrakar R, Bijwadia SR, Wang Y, Caldwell A, Baugh LR, Meyer JN. Rotenone Modulates Caenorhabditis elegans Immunometabolism and Pathogen Susceptibility. Front Immunol 2022; 13:840272. [PMID: 35273616 PMCID: PMC8902048 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.840272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are central players in host immunometabolism as they function not only as metabolic hubs but also as signaling platforms regulating innate immunity. Environmental exposures to mitochondrial toxicants occur widely and are increasingly frequent. Exposures to these mitotoxicants may pose a serious threat to organismal health and the onset of diseases by disrupting immunometabolic pathways. In this study, we investigated whether the Complex I inhibitor rotenone could alter C. elegans immunometabolism and disease susceptibility. C. elegans embryos were exposed to rotenone (0.5 µM) or DMSO (0.125%) until they reached the L4 larval stage. Inhibition of mitochondrial respiration by rotenone and disruption of mitochondrial metabolism were evidenced by rotenone-induced detrimental effects on mitochondrial efficiency and nematode growth and development. Next, through transcriptomic analysis, we investigated if this specific but mild mitochondrial stress that we detected would lead to the modulation of immunometabolic pathways. We found 179 differentially expressed genes (DEG), which were mostly involved in detoxification, energy metabolism, and pathogen defense. Interestingly, among the down-regulated DEG, most of the known genes were involved in immune defense, and most of these were identified as commonly upregulated during P. aeruginosa infection. Furthermore, rotenone increased susceptibility to the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA14). However, it increased resistance to Salmonella enterica (SL1344). To shed light on potential mechanisms related to these divergent effects on pathogen resistance, we assessed the activation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt), a well-known immunometabolic pathway in C. elegans which links mitochondria and immunity and provides resistance to pathogen infection. The UPRmt pathway was activated in rotenone-treated nematodes further exposed for 24 h to the pathogenic bacteria P. aeruginosa and S. enterica or the common bacterial food source Escherichia coli (OP50). However, P. aeruginosa alone suppressed UPRmt activation and rotenone treatment rescued its activation only to the level of DMSO-exposed nematodes fed with E. coli. Module-weighted annotation bioinformatics analysis was also consistent with UPRmt activation in rotenone-exposed nematodes consistent with the UPR being involved in the increased resistance to S. enterica. Together, our results demonstrate that the mitotoxicant rotenone can disrupt C. elegans immunometabolism in ways likely protective against some pathogen species but sensitizing against others.
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- Danielle F Mello
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.,Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Faustino LS, Queiroga FR, Hégaret H, Marques-Santos LF, Neves RAF, Nascimento S, da Silva PM. Effects of the toxic dinoflagellates Prorocentrum lima and Ostreopsis cf. ovata on immune responses of cultured oysters Crassostrea gasar. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2021; 236:105846. [PMID: 34000566 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Oyster production in Brazil has been highlighted as an important economic activity and is directly impacted by the quality of the environment, which is largely the result of human interference and climate change. Harmful algal blooms occur in aquatic ecosystems worldwide, including coastal marine environments which have been increasing over the last decades as a result of global change and anthropogenic activities. In this study, the native oysters Crassostrea gasar from Northeast of Brazil were exposed to two toxic benthic dinoflagellate species, Prorocentrum lima and Ostreopsis cf. ovata. Their respective effects on C. gasar physiology and defense mechanisms were investigated. Oyster hemocytes were first exposed in vitro to different concentrations of both dinoflagellate species to assess their effects on hemocyte functions, such as phagocytosis, production of reactive oxygen species, as well as mortality. Results highlighted an alteration of hemocyte phagocytosis and viability in presence of O. cf. ovata, whereas P. lima did not affect the measured hemocyte functions. In a second experiment, oysters were exposed for 4 days in vivo to toxic culture of O. cf. ovata to assess its effects on hemocyte parameters, tissues damages and pathogenic Perkinsus spp. infection. An increase in hemocyte mortality was also observed in vivo, associated with a decrease of ROS production. Histopathological analyses demonstrated a thinning of the epithelium of the digestive tubules of the digestive gland, inflammatory reaction and a significant increase in the level of infection by Perkinsus spp. in oysters exposed to O. cf. ovata. These results indicate that oysters C. gasar seem to be pretty resilient to an exposure to P. lima and may be more susceptible to O. cf. ovata. Furthermore, the latter clearly impaired oyster physiology and defense mechanisms, thus highlighting that harmful algal blooms of O. cf. ovata could potentially lead to increased susceptibility of C. gasar oysters to parasite infections.
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- Lucemberg Sales Faustino
- Laboratory of Immunology and Pathology of Marine Invertebrates (LABIPI), Department of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Pathology of Marine Invertebrates (LABIPI), Department of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil; Faculdade de Enfermagem Nova Esperança (FACENE), CEP 58067-695, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- CNRS, Univ Brest, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280, Plouzané, France
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory (LABID), Department of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Research Group of Experimental and Applied Aquatic Ecology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Research Group of Experimental and Applied Aquatic Ecology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Pathology of Marine Invertebrates (LABIPI), Department of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
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Marquis ND, Bishop TJ, Record NR, Countway PD, Fernández Robledo JA. A qPCR-Based Survey of Haplosporidium nelsoni and Perkinsus spp. in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica in Maine, USA. Pathogens 2020; 9:E256. [PMID: 32244534 PMCID: PMC7238206 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9040256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture is increasingly playing a significant role in the state of Maine's (USA) coastal economy. Here, we conducted a qPCR-based survey for Haplosporidium nelsoni, Perkinsus marinus, and Perkinsus chesapeaki in C. virginica (n = 1440) from six Maine sites during the summer-fall of 2016 and 2017. In the absence of reported die-offs, our results indicated the continued presence of the three protozoan parasites in the six sites. The highest H. nelsoni qPCR-prevalence corresponded to Jack's Point and Prentiss Island (x=40 and 48% respectively), both located in the Damariscotta River Estuary. Jack's Point, Prentiss Island, New Meadows River, and Weskeag River recorded the highest qPCR-prevalence for P. marinus (32-39%). While the P. marinus qPCR-prevalence differed slightly for the years 2016 and 2017, P. chesapeaki qPCR-prevalence in 2016 was markedly lower than 2017 (<20% at all sites versus >60% at all sites for each of the years, respectively). Mean qPCR-prevalence values for P. chesapeaki over the two-year study were ≥40% for samples from Jack's Point (49%), Prentiss Island (44%), and New Meadows River (40%). This study highlights that large and sustained surveys for parasitic diseases are fundamental for decision making toward the management of the shellfish aquaculture industry, especially for having a baseline in the case that die-offs occur.
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- Nicholas D. Marquis
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (N.D.M.); (T.J.B.); (N.R.R.); (P.D.C.)
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (N.D.M.); (T.J.B.); (N.R.R.); (P.D.C.)
- Department of Marine Sciences, Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME 04106, USA
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (N.D.M.); (T.J.B.); (N.R.R.); (P.D.C.)
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (N.D.M.); (T.J.B.); (N.R.R.); (P.D.C.)
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (N.D.M.); (T.J.B.); (N.R.R.); (P.D.C.)
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