Bacteria-host relationships in the bivalve mollusc Loripes lucinalis.
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
; 41(3): 273-81, 1994.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7697323
ABSTRACT
Loripes lucinalis, a lucinid species found in reduced sediments, contains endosymbiotic bacteria within specialized gill cells which contribute to the bivalve's nutrition. An additional bivalve-bacteria association can be seen in the digestive gland where large inclusion bodies filled with rickettsia- or chlamydia-like organisms are observed in the duct and tubule cells. Despite indications of a possible energy parasitism on the part of these endocellular digestive gland bacteria, the digestive epithelium of the host is not significantly damaged by the infection suggesting that this is a generalized and normal bivalve-bacteria association in adults of this species.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Chlamydiaceae
/
Bivalvia
/
Alphaproteobacteria
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
/
MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
1994
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France