Occurrence of Sporozoa-like microorganisms in the digestive gland of various species of Strombidae

Type Article
Date 2010-05
Language English
Author(s) Volland Jean-Marie1, Frenkiel Liliane1, 2, Aldana Aranda Dalila2, Gros Olivier1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Antilles Guyane, Equipe Symbiose, CNRS, UFR Sci Exactes & Nat,Dept Biol,UMR 7138, Pointe A Pitre 97159, Guadeloupe.
2 : IPN, CINVESTAV, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Source Journal Of Molluscan Studies (0260-1230) (Oxford Univ Press), 2010-05 , Vol. 76 , P. 196-198
DOI 10.1093/mollus/eyq005
WOS© Times Cited 13
Keyword(s) apicomplexa, gastropoda, parasite
Abstract The article discusses research on the presence of sporozoa-like microorganisms in the digestive gland of various species of Strombidae. One research by Gros, Frenkiel and Aldana Aranda described the digestive gland of Strombus gigas Linnaeus as having an assemblage of tubules and ducts. Another study found the occurrence of intracellular microorganisms believed to be the various life cycle stages of Apicomplexa.
Full Text
File Pages Size Access
30218.pdf 3 285 KB Open access
Top of the page