| hyperparasitism by the bacteriophage (caudovirales) infecting candidatus xenohaliotis californiensis (rickettsiales-like prokaryote) parasite of wild abalone haliotis fulgens and haliotis corrugata from the peninsula of baja california, mexico. | candidatus xenohaliotis californiensis (cxc) is a rickettsiales-like prokaryote that is considered the causal agent of withering syndrome (ws), a chronic disease of abalone, from the west coast of north america and it is listed by the international organization for animal health (oie) as a reportable agent due to its pathogenicity. this bacterium in red abalone haliotis rufescens, black abalone haliotis cracherodii, and yellow abalone haliotis corrugata from california, us and baja california, m ... | 2016 | 27623402 |