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| Comps, Marie-annick; Herbaut, Christian; Fougerouse, Angélique. |
| Whitish parasite-like bodies (PLBs), 0.5-2 mu m in size, were detected within the pearl bag of some grafted pearl oysters, Pinctada margaritifera, from Takapoto island (French Polynesia). Histological and ultrastructural investigations have revealed that these bodies consisted of lamellar organic material locally secreted by some epithelial cells of the pearl bag. The fine structure and the formation of these bodies are described. The causes of this abnormal secretion of organic mater, which actually corresponds to periostracum, are not presently known. No parasite nor infectious micro-organism was found associated with the PLBs. |
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Palavras-chave: Periostracum; Pearl bag; Pinctada margaritifera. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2000/publication-545.pdf |
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| Comps, Marie-annick; Herbaut, Christian; Fougerouse, Angélique; Laporte, Florent. |
| A programme of zoosanitary survey of the populations of black-lip pearl oyster (P. margaritifera) has been developed in French Polynesia during 1996 and 1997. Based on histological and ultrastructural examinations, the study of pearl oysters sampled in several pearl farms from the Society Islands, Tuamotu Atolls and Gambler Archipelago, has been particularly turned to enzootic pathological problems. Particular attention has been given to the shell disease and to the necrosis of the adductor muscle, symptoms that had accompanied the mass mortality in 1985.Virus-like particles, about 40 nm in diameter, were detected in membrane bound vesicles from the necrosized muscle tissue. A new Rickettsia-like organism found in epithelial cells of the digestive tubules... |
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Palavras-chave: Sporozoan; Rickettsia; Virus like particle; Shell disease; Blacklip pearl oyster; Sporozoaire; Rickettsie; Particules d'allure virale; Maladie de la coquille; Huître perlière. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-550.pdf |
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