Disease outbreaks in several ecologically or commercially important invertebrate marine
species have been reported in recent years all over the world. Mass mortality events (MMEs) …

The current status of the Haplosporidia is reviewed as well as recent information on
Haplosporidium nelsoni, the causative agent of MSX disease in oysters. Recent molecular …

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of
marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in …

Environmental chemico-physical factors, pathogens, and biological interactions constantly
affect organism physiology and behavior. Invertebrates, including bivalve mollusks do not …

A new member of the parasitic phylum Haplosporidia, which was found infecting the
connective tissue, gill, digestive gland, and foot muscle of Haliotis tuberculata imported from …

Developments in molecular biology have led to a rapid growth in new methods for
diagnosing fish diseases. Techniques of major significance include polymerase chain …

The decline of the European oyster Ostrea edulis across its biogeographic range has been
driven largely by over-fishing and anthropogenic habitat destruction, often to the point of …

A “universal non‐metazoan” polymerase chain reaction (UNonMet‐PCR) that selectively
amplifies a segment of non‐metazoan Small Subunit (SSU) rDNA gene was validated. The …

Organisms of the genus Bonamia are intracellular protistan parasites of oysters. To date, 4
species have been described (B. ostreae, B. exitiosa, B. perspora and B. roughleyi) …

Ireland has a long history of producing and harvesting native flat oysters, Ostrea edulis. At
the start of the nineteenth century, almost every bay and harbour, around the coast had …