Endonucleobiotic Bacteria of Clams in Portugal
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Category
Category 3 (Host Not in Canada)
Common, generally accepted names of the organism or disease agent
Endonucleobiotic bacteria of clams, endonucleobiosis.
Scientific name or taxonomic affiliation
Endonucleobiotic, Gram-negative, bacteria.
Geographic distribution
The estuarine region of Faro in southern Portugal.
Host species
Tapes (=Ruditapes) decussatus.
Impact on the host
Observed in the nucleus of branchial epithelial cells with no evidence of associated disease.
Diagnostic techniques
Electron Microscopy
A variable number (usually 5-8 per ultrathin section with about 15 per nucleus) of Gram-negative (identified by ultrastructure of outer membrane of cell wall and cytoplasm membrane) bacteria irregularly distributed among the chromatin dots of the nucleoplasm.
Methods of control
No known methods of prevention or control.
References
Azevedo, C. 1989. Fine structure of endonucleobiotic bacteria in the gill epithelium of Ruditapes decussatus. Marine Biology 100: 339-341.
Citation Information
Bower, S.M. (1996): Synopsis of Infectious Diseases and Parasites of Commercially Exploited Shellfish: Endonucleobiotic Bacteria of Clams in Portugal.
Date last revised: September 1996
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