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myxozoan

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myxozoan
member of the phylum Myxozoa, a phylum of parasitic protozoa found chiefly in fish, amphibians and reptiles.


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Pote (1), (1) Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, and (2) Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Research Station, Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Stoneville, MS 38776 Proliferative gill disease (PGD) caused by the myxozoan parasite Henneguya ictaluri is one of the most devastating parasitic infections in channel catfish aquaculture.
Typically, myxozoan spores consist of just 6 to 12 cells, not enough for taxonomists to promote these organisms from the kingdom Protista to the status of multicellular animals.
Pote (1), and Andrew Goodwin (2), (1) Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and (2) University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Myxozoans are common metazoan parasites of marine and freshwater fish.
 
 
 
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