DAO 100:269-272 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02493
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Phage particles infecting branchial Rickettsiales-like organisms in banded carpet shell Polititapes virgineus (Bivalvia) from Galicia (NW Spain)
S. Darriba1, M. Ruiz2, C. López2,*
*Corresponding author. Email: clopez@cimacoron.org
ABSTRACT: Basophilic intracellular prokaryotic-like colonies were observed in the gills of banded carpet shell Polititapes virgineus (= Tapes rhomboides) (Linnaeus, 1767) from a natural bed in Galicia (NW Spain). Light microscope observations suggested the presence of 2 types of colonies, but transmission electron microscopy revealed that these were the same Rickettsiales-like colonies, one infected and the other uninfected by phage particles. This is the first report of the presence of phage particles in Rickettsiales-like organisms in the gills of P. virgineus.
KEY WORDS: Virus · Prokaryotic organisms · Ultrastructural analysis
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(2012) Phage particles infecting branchial Rickettsiales-like organisms in banded carpet shell Polititapes virgineus (Bivalvia) from Galicia (NW Spain). Dis Aquat Org 100:269-272. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02493
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