FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI First record of a Marteilia parasite (Paramyxea) in zooplankton populations from a natural estuarine environment BT AF CARRASCO, Noelia LOPEZ, Immaculada ALCARAZ, M FURONES, M. Dolores BERTHE, Franck ARZUL, Isabelle AS 1:1,2,4;2:2;3:3;4:1,4;5:5;6:2; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-LGP;2:PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-LGP;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-LGP; C1 IRTA, Tarragona, Spain. IFREMER, Lab Genet Pathol, La Tremblade, France. CSIC, Inst Ciencias Mar, Barcelona, Spain. Xarxa Reference Aquaculture, CRAq, Catalunya, Spain. Univ Prince Edward Isl, Atlantic Vet Coll, Dept Pathol & Microbiol, Canada Res Chair Aquatic Anim Hlth, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada. C2 IRTA, SPAIN IFREMER, FRANCE CSIC, SPAIN XARXA REFERENCE AQUACULTURE, SPAIN UNIV PRINCE EDWARD ISL, CANADA SI LA TREMBLADE SE PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE-LGP IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 1.735 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3050.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Zooplankton;Harpaticoida sp.;Oithona sp.;Mollusc parasite;Life cycle;Marteilia AB The life cycle of the species forming the genus Marteilia (Phylum Paramyxea), which are marine protozoan parasites of molluscs, is still poorly known, although there is evidence of the need for intermediate hosts. To date, only the calanoid copepod Acartia (Paracartia) grani has been demonstrated to be involved in the life cycle of the parasite infecting flat oysters growing in ponds with a low biodiversity. However, no complex natural environments, such as bays or estuaries, have been studied for a similar purpose. Therefore, a survey for the presence of the protozoan Marteilia was conducted by PCR on the zooplankton community of a natural ecosystem, the Alfacs and Fangar bays in the Delta de l'Ebre (NW Mediterranean). Identification of zooplankton species found infected allowed two new Marteilia hosts to be proposed: the cyclopoida Oithona sp. and an indeterminate harpaticoida species. This is the first report of Marteilia in zooplankton species sampled from a natural enzootic area. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PY 2007 PD SEP SO Aquaculture SN 0044-8486 PU Elsevier VL 269 IS 1-4 UT 000249143600006 BP 63 EP 70 DI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.03.030 ID 3050 ER EF