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Chlamydia‐like organisms in the digestive diverticula of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians (Lmk)
Author(s) -
MORRISON CAROL,
SHUM G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1982.tb00472.x
Subject(s) - argopecten irradians , scallop , bay , biology , mercenaria , fishery , organism , bivalvia , mollusca , zoology , ecology , oceanography , paleontology , geology
. The morphology of a chlamydia‐like organism from the digestive diverticula of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians (Lmk), is described. This organism was found in about 40% of bay scallops introduced to the quarantine unit at Ellerslie, Prince Edward Island, Canada and also in about 40% of the F 1 and F 2 generations. Procaryote infections were also found in the northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.), the soft‐shelled clam, Mya arenaria L., and the Atlantic deepsea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin).