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Phylogenetics of Bonamia parasites based on small subunit and internal transcribed spacer region ribosomal DNA sequence data.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 24 Jul 2014
Hill Kristina M, Stokes Nancy A, Webb Stephen C, Hine P Mike, Kroeck Marina A, Moore James D, Morley Margaret S, Reece Kimberly S, Burreson Eugene M, Carnegie Ryan B
Abstract excerpt
The genus Bonamia (Haplosporidia) includes economically significant oyster parasites. Described species were thought to have fairly circumscribed host and geographic ranges: B. ostreae infecting Ostrea edulis in Europe and North America, B. exitiosa infecting O. chilensis in New Zealand, and B. roughleyi infecting Saccostrea glomerata in Australia. The discovery of B. exitiosa-like parasites in new locations and...
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