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Perkinsus
(redirected from Perkinsus marinus)

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Perkinsus
protozoan parasite genus of molluscan tissues. Includes P. marinus (major pathogen of the american oyster), P. olseni (pathogen of abalone in warm waters).


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Tissue and hemolymph of 945 individual oysters were used for physiological analysis and Perkinsus marinus diagnosis.
Response of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, to in vitro cultured Perkinsus marinus and the early fate of parasites delivered via three dosing methods.
The causes were evident - over fishing, coastal development and Perkinsus marinus, a microscopic oyster-killing parasite commonly known as dermo - the solutions, much less so.
 
 
 
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