QPX, a pathogen of quahogs (hard clams), employs mucoid secretions to resist host antimicrobial agents

QPX, a pathogen of quahogs (hard clams), employs mucoid secretions to resist host antimicrobial agents

The thraustochytrid protist quahog parasite unknown (QPX) has caused mass mortalities of hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) in Atlantic Canada and Massachusetts. It typically secretes copious mucus in vivo and in vitro. M. mercenaria plasma contains naturally-occurring agents that modulate growth of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of shellfish research 2003-06, Vol.22 (1), p.205-208
Hauptverfasser: Anderson, R S, Kraus, B S, McGladdery, S, Smolowitz, R
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Sprache:eng
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Mercenaria mercenaria
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Zusammenfassung:The thraustochytrid protist quahog parasite unknown (QPX) has caused mass mortalities of hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) in Atlantic Canada and Massachusetts. It typically secretes copious mucus in vivo and in vitro. M. mercenaria plasma contains naturally-occurring agents that modulate growth of QPX cultures. This activity was shown by exposing washed, mucus-free QPX (wQPX) to filter-sterilized M. mercenaria plasma. Low plasma protein concentrations (
ISSN:0730-8000