Among mollusc pathogens, paramyxeans are an important group of protistan parasites
belonging to the genera Marteilia and Marteilioides. Marteilia refringens and M. sydneyi are …

Marine mollusc production contributes to food and economic security worldwide and
provides valuable ecological services, yet diseases threaten these industries and wild …

Abstract The Irish Sea and surrounding regions are a rich source of shellfish production as a
result of captive fishing and aquaculture. Key species produced include lobsters (Homarus …

Marteilia spp. parasites are Paramyxean organisms that affect several commercial species
of molluscs, and thus have a socio-economical impact. These parasites also have an …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are useful tools for pathogen surveillance, but they
are only proxy indications of pathogen presence in that they detect a DNA sequence. To be …

In the fifty years since the introduction of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and the first
reports of the parasites Marteilia refringens and Bonamia ostreae in European waters …

To determine the agent responsible for the massive mortalities of the Pacific oyster
Crassostrea gigas in northwest Mexico, 30 oysters were sampled after a severe mortality …

Biological and habitat characterization of the non-indigenous invasive species Xenostrobus
securis was undertaken in the Ria de Vigo. This study included genetic identification of …

The paramyxean parasite Marteilia refringens infects several bivalve species including
European flat oysters Ostrea edulis and Mediterranean mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis …

Marteilia refringens causes marteiliosis in oysters, mussels and other bivalve molluscs. This
parasite previously comprised two species, M. refringens and Marteilia maurini, which were …