Avtor/Urednik		Vogt, G; Štrus, J
Naslov		Diseases of the shrimp Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Bay of Piran, Adriatic sea
Tip		članek
Vir		J Nat Hist
Vol. in št.		Letnik 32
Leto izdaje		1998
Obseg		str. 1795-806
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		The hepatopancreata of seven mature females of the shrimp Palaemon elegans from a rock pool in the Bay of Piran, Adriatic Sea, were examined for pathogens. Five of the seven females investigated were infected with four different pathogens, two viruses and two bacteria. One specimen was infected with Palaemon B-cell Reo-like Virus (PBRV), one with Bay of Piran Shrimp Virus (BPS), one with Hepatopancreatic Brush border Lysis-bacteria (HBL), one with rickettisiae and one with both PBRV and rickettsiae. PBRV, BPSV and the HBL-bacteria turned out to be new shrimp pathogens. All of the four pathogens induced agent-specific transformations in the infected hepatopancreas cells. Although the viruses and bacteria had not seriously affected the vitality of the specimens investigated they may cause problems under less favourable nutritional and environmental conditions.
Deskriptorji		SHRIMP DIGESTIVE SYSTEM VIRUSES BACTERIA RICKETTSIA MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON CRUSTACEA