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A rapid phenotype change in the pathogen Perkinsus marinus was associated with a historically significant marine disease emergence in the eastern oyster.
Scientific reports - 18 Jun 2021
Carnegie Ryan B, Ford Susan E, Crockett Rita K, Kingsley-Smith Peter R, Bienlien Lydia M, Safi Lúcia S L, Whitefleet-Smith Laura A, Burreson Eugene M
Abstract excerpt
The protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus, which causes dermo disease in Crassostrea virginica, is one of the most ecologically important and economically destructive marine pathogens. The rapid and persistent intensification of dermo in the USA in the 1980s has long been enigmatic. Attributed originally to the effects of multi-year drought, climatic factors fail to fully explain the geographic extent of dermo's...
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