| detection of cryptosporidium oocysts in bivalve molluscs destined for human consumption. | clams (dosinia exoleta, ruditapes philippinarum, venerupis pullastra, venerupis rhomboideus, venus verrucosa), mussels (mytilus galloprovincialis), and oysters (ostrea edulis) were tested for the presence of cryptosporidium sp. oocysts using various stain techniques and a commercially available kit containing fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated monoclonal antibodies. all molluscs were harvested in northwest spain (galicia) except for r. philippinarum, which was from italy, and 1 of the 6 oyste ... | 2000 | 10958471 |
| the susceptibility of irish-grown and galician-grown manila clams, ruditapes philippinarum, to vibrio tapetis and brown ring disease. | brown ring disease (brd), which affects the manila clam in europe, is caused by the bacterium, vibrio tapetis. brd has been diagnosed in ireland on only one occasion (1997) although the aetiological agent has recently been detected in apparently healthy manila clams from a number of sites around the irish coast. the present work investigated the susceptibilities to brd of two stocks of manila clams, one from ireland and the second from galicia, north-western spain, where brd has been reported on ... | 2007 | 17296205 |
| vibrio gallaecicus sp. nov. isolated from cultured clams in north-western spain. | a group of three motile facultative anaerobic marine bacteria were isolated from cultured manila clams (ruditapes philippinarum) in galicia, north-western spain. the strains were characterized phenotypically and genotypically. phylogenetic analysis of the 16s rrna gene and four housekeeping genes, rna polymerase alpha-chain (rpoa), reca protein (reca), the alpha-subunit of bacterial atp synthase (atpa) and the uridine monophosphate (ump) kinase (pyrh), indicated that these strains were closely r ... | 2009 | 19186015 |