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FATTY ACIDS FROM LARVAL SULCASCARIS SP. (NEMATODA) AS POSSIBLE INDICATORS OF INFECTION OF CALICO SCALLOPS ( ARGOPECTEN GIBBUS )
Author(s) -
HOSKIN GEORGE P.,
BIER JEFFREY W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1983.tb00457.x
Subject(s) - scallop , larva , biology , host (biology) , fatty acid , nematode , zoology , fishery , botany , biochemistry , ecology
Fatty acid profiles of larval nematodes (stage‐ 4 Sulcascaris sp.), of tissue from their intermediate host (calico scallops, Argopecten gibbus), and of the host capsule that surrounds the larvae were prepared in an attempt to identify infected scallops. Nematode tissue showed lower ratios of C 14:O /C 14:1 , C 16:0 /C 16:1 and C 18:0 /C 18:1 than did scallop tissue. The nematodes contained relatively less C 16:0 and more C 18:2 than did scallops. Fatty acids shorter than C 14:0 were found in small amounts in both organisms. Fatty acid profiles of capsules differed little from those of normal scallop tissue.